On Saturday, September 27, 2025, racing fans witnessed a spectacular debut as Sir Don, a two-year-old American-bred bay colt, stormed to victory in the maiden special weight contest for two-year-olds over four furlongs (800m).

Owned by Oakridge Farms, trained by Anthony “Baba” Nunes, Sir Don (Spun to Run – Enamored) left the competition in his wake, winning by an astonishing 10 ½ lengths in a time of 46.4 seconds — a performance that left observers in awe, though the track record of 45.0 seconds (set by Awesome Camille on August 1, 2001) remained untouched.

Nunes beamed with pride post-race, reflecting on Sir Don’s attributes.

“He is a nice colt, he works well in the mornings, and so we expected a good performance from him,” Nunes told the Jamaica Observer’s The Supreme Racing Guide.

The victory held poignant significance — Sir Don was the last horse purchased for the late Don Wehby by Nunes at the Keeneland Sales last year. Wehby had messaged Nunes with a clear wish: “I want to name him
Sir Don”. Nunes honoured that request, and the colt lived up to the tribute with a breathtaking win.

“It’s emotional; good and bad. This was the last horse that we bought for him at the Keeneland Sales last year. He knew how well the horse was working, and one of the last messages that he sent me was, ‘I want to name him
Sir Don’ and so we did,” Nunes revealed.

Sir Don won the races ahead of Comuna Trece (Shane Ellis), Tia Maria (Dick Cardenas), and Blythwood (Nicardo Carr) in that order. Both Tia Maria and Blythwood are stablemates of Sir Don.

“Sir Don is a really nice colt, he has a great attitude, he is quiet, he is very calm, he is not really a nervous type colt, and he loves to work. He has ability and so he is fast and we hope with time he will be able to get a little distance of ground but he has some talent.

“He actually broke very well out of the starting gates at exercise on Sunday [September 12] morning and so I was surprised he was a step slow today but he recovered very quickly and he was in control from early,” Nunes said.

With this dazzling maiden victory, Sir Don signals he’s a colt to watch and Nunes said: “With normal improvement, hopefully he will get from strength…he will have to get better as the competition gets harder.”

Sir Don (Raddesh Roman) easily wins on debut on Saturday, September 27, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Sir Don (Raddesh Roman) enters the winners’ enclosure after making a successful debut on Saturday, September 27, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)