’ the St Leger
materialise in the 2020 edition of the 10-furlong Jamaica St Leger, courtesy of another horse from the same shed row as That was Nipster.
was ridden by Linton Steadman, trained by Gary Subratie and was bred by Michael Bernard. Nipster is also owned by Bernard.
Wow Wow’s second-placed finish, meant that both trainer, owner and breeder finished first and second in the St Leger.
For Steadman it was his second St Leger victory, having won in 2016 on Bigdaddykool.
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riding for trainer Richard Azan, Shepanza was not with the early pace but got into stride and settled in third position at the six-furlong (1,200m) marker when Step In Faith (Christopher Mamdeen) surged to the lead ahead of Capital Effort (Kiaman Mcgregor).
Leaving the half-mile marker and swinging into the final turn, Shepanza took over and continued to extend her lead over rivals. Entering the lane with no real danger coming forward, Shepanza turned on the heat and powered home to score by four lengths in a good time of 1:31.4.
Awesome Treasure (Dane Dawkins) finished in second place with Pharoah It Is (Oshane
Nugent) in the third slot.
BUCKALUCK WINS NORMAN MANLEY MEMORIAL CUP FEATURE
Buckaluck, trained by Steven Todd and ridden by Anthony Thomas, came with a strong run in deep stretch on the inside rails to win the Norman Manley Memorial Cup feature over five furlongs (1,000m) round by 1 ½ lengths.
As expected, Schlesinger (Dane Nelson) shot into the lead at the off ahead of Smokey Topaz (Roger Hewitt). Navigating the half-mile turn, Talented Tony K (Hakeem Pottinger) surrounded rivals and dashed ahead coming into the lane.
Buckaluck, who also rounded horses at the half-mile to be in fourth place, hugged the inside rails and got the run in deep stretch, moving away from rivals in the closing stages of the race, winning comfortably in a time of 1:01.1. Smokey Topaz was second and Mother Nature (Youville Pinnock) was third.
BIG BIG DADDY GETS HOME VIA THE STEWARDS’ ROOM
Three-year-old bay colt Big Big Daddy (Natural Selection – Just A Flutter) finished in second place by a length behind Primal Fear in a maiden condition contest over five furlongs round and was later awarded first place, following the disqualification of the winner.
Primal Fear, ridden by Oshane Nugent, easily defeated Big Big Daddy (Robert Halledeen) in what was a match race but had his colours taken down after causing interference and intimidation to Colour Me Tan (Aaron Chatrie) which resulted in the fall of four riders.