Feb. 14, 2009 — The horses will be off and running at the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack on Sunday for this year’s Agriculture Fair races. TRAXCO along with the Horse Racing Association has put together another great race card in which 13 horses will cross the pond from St. Thomas to do battle on the big island.
The eighth race on the card, The Diageo Special, run at a distance of one mile for a purse of $6,000, highlights the card and will feature five of the 13 horses coming from St. Thomas to challenge two locally based thoroughbreds. Dashing Pirate (118), a newcomer to the territory based in St. Thomas, will be making his first start in the V.I. in the feature race. Joining him in the field will be old warriors from across the pond, Kentucky Kris (118), Silver Horn (118), Vivid Cat (118) and Car Guy (115).
Defending the home turf will be Gallego 115 and Eltish Emeral (118). Anything could happen in this race. Kentucky Kris is a past champion who has run well on St. Croix, and if he is 100 percent could take this one. Silver Horn has always run well here, and Vivid Cat has beaten most of these. Eltish Emerald is due for a big effort and has shown some promise. Gallego as usual will be coming hard late and could surprise.
The big unknown is the new comer, Dashing Pirate. Is he one of the horses brought in to challenge the magnificent Carse? If so, he will certainly have to be of higher caliber than the rest of the field, because Carse has manhandled most of them in the past.
On a sad note, St. Croix lost one of its most promising thoroughbreds on Monday, when according to reports, Miner’s Bid succumbed to colic. He was the only horse whom many thought could challenge Virgin Islands champ Carse on the track, and they were definitely on a collision course if not for this tragedy. Miner’s Bid won impressively in his two starts on the island and went out a champion.
The rest of the day’s card:
Race 1 N-4 & 5 7 ½ F $3600
1. Fightforyourrights 118
2. Dana’s Express 112
3. Them Ah Talk 112
4. Tristich 114
5. Emerald Star 116
Race 2 Class I-5 7 ½ F $3800
1. El Rollo 117
2. All The King Gems 114
3. Lobito 114
4. Russian Way 114
5. Pintaylor 116
6. Tulsa Boy 114
7. P.R. General 118
8. Mi Jesuse 119
Race 3 Class M/F & I-6 1 M
1. Wild Wind 114
2. Smallest 114
3. Fantastic Four 112
4. Cape Sequence 119
5. Rio Cautio (STT) 116
6. Cherokee Neesh 117
7. Beautiful Move 114
8. Bright moonlight 118
A/E Heat on Fire 117
Race 4 Class I-4 & I-5 7 ½ F $4000
1. Zirito 119
2. Vocal Defense 118
3. Halos Horn 116
4. No Fighting Chance (STT) 113
5. Guiltless 116
6. Cat Hunter 114
7. Big Thunder Reflec 118
8. Knights Court 114
Race 5 Open M & F 1 M $4300
1. Look Up Look Up 115
2. Slew Magic Tomosa (Stt) 118
3. Summertime Babe (Stt) 118
4. She’s got the Helm 117
5. Yankee Maiden (Debut) 117
6. Amazing Cat 115
7. Get Ready Now 118
8. Honor the Queen 114
Race 6 Class I-2 & I-3 7 ½ F $4000
1. Crafty Smile 118
2. Charlie Cho (Stt) 118
3. Man The Torpedoes (Stt) 118
4. Emilin (Stt) 117
5. Dixie Find 118
6. Formerly Cat 117
Race 7 Open 6 F $4300
1. Braheem (Stt) 116
2. Green Sand 116
3. Strong Passer 116
4. Blackjack Bob 116
5. Puerto Rican Emblem 116
Race 9 N-6 5F $5000
Leroy “Butch” Henry Invitational
1. War (Debut) 113
2. Belzona Red (Debut) 113
3. Bottom Belly 113
4. Express To Cali 115
5. Sumting Else Special 117
6. True Confession 113
7. Creation Rebel 115
8. A’WI 117
A/E Halo’s Return 114
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