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What will today’s winning lottery number be in the feature Barbados Lottery Trophy weight for age event over 1 570 metres? Will it be number 5 Renaissance Frolic, number 2 So Suave, or the number 3 horse, Vividly? This trio is expected to create an electrifying atmosphere that will climax the penultimate race of the Barbados Turf Club’s final season for 2023. By around 5:25 p.m. on the Barbados Lottery …

Letitbeme and Matilda, winners of the first and second Jewel Of The Barbados Triple Crown, the Guineas and the Midsummer Creole Classic, highlight a pivotal clash in Tuesday’s featured Barbados Derby at the Garrison Savannah. This spectacle will unfold on the Barbados Turf Club’s eight-race programme entitled Visit Barbados Derby Raceday which rolls off at 1 p.m. A full field of 12 runners will be vying for the premier show …

Following the completion of the Barbados Turf Club’s (BTC) third day of racing of its second season, a treble by defending champion apprentice jockey Teshawn Hazelwood has propelled him into a share of the championship lead. Wins on Priceless, Rightontime and Storm Catcher have now positioned him alongside first season champion Rasheed Hughes on 15 wins in the quest for the jockey’s title at the Garrison Savannah. Hazelwood, from Briar …

Matilda is the winner of the 47th running of the Grade 1 Midsummer Creole Classic over 1 800 metres. On Saturday’s Midsummer Creole Classic Raceday card at the Garrison Savannah, the Rene Greenidge-owned three-year-old chestnut filly got a perfect trip under her new acquisition jockey Rasheed Hughes. The Victor Cheeseman-trained horse looked magnificent and won by an easy two and a quarter lengths despite being shut down in the last …

Newly crowned champion jockey and leading apprentice Teshawn Hazelwood capped a superb off year with his first riding title when piloting home the favourite Joqular in the Boxing Day feature race on Monday at the Garrison Savannah. Owned by Darwin Clarke, the four-year bay filly went to the lead when the gates opened in the inaugural running of the Robert J. Bourque Boxing Day Stakes and Trophy over 1 570 …

The superior sprinting ability of Dominus will get a stern examination tomorrow in the Christmas Season Handicap over 1 100 metres for horses three years and older rated125-105 and below at the Garrison Savannah. The Sir David Seale-owned speedball, who will be ridden by Rey Williams, will shoulder the top impost of 133 pounds while shedding plenty of weight all around on the Barbados Turf Club’s third day of its …

Champion trainer Andrew “Busha” Nunes and defending champion jockey Rasheed Hughes were among a quartet landing double wins on the Barbados Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s Raceday Saturday at the historic Garrison Savannah. The other double winners on the Barbados Turf Club’s second race day of the third season were trainer Victor Cheeseman and jockey Kenny John. Nunes won the fifth race with Hot Stepper before taking the next event with Bonita …

The most interesting Tanglewood Stakes and Trophy in its history takes centerstage this Saturday with the two leading creoles in Barbados – Derby winners Gandalf and War Eagle - to clash at 2000 meters at the Garrison Savannah. They will line up among five others in what could be the creole clash for the ages.The Tanglewood Stakes is part of an exciting nine-race card named after past horses owned by Gay Smith. It will be race 7, running at 4.25 p.m. and with a purse of $70,000.2018 Derb...

Good Vibration and War Eagle are heavily favoured to fight out the 90-72 rated BTC 117th Anniversary Handicap this afternoon at the Garrison Savannah. Also live in the 4:05 p.m. showpiece are Inspired Adventure, Whatyouthink and Alleria. Owned by Adam Deane, Good Vibration gets the nod over the 2020 Derby winner War Eagle in the 1 800 metres route event on the opening day of the Barbados Turf Club first …

Rasheed Hughes is once again the king in the sport of kings. The 24-year-old jockey finished the year at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive horse racing season with 28 wins from 126 starts to claim an unprecedented fifth title in the last six years for earnings of $669 824. In what is probably Hughes’ best season to date, he also pulled off the coveted Barbados Triple …