Eagle One favoured for top honours
Eagle One, after his surprising defeat to Race Car on last, returns as the favourite once again in the $1.14-m Non-restricted Overnight Allowance call for the Administration Department Trophy, the main attraction on the 10-race programme at Caymanas Park today.
Trained by current leading trainer Jason Dacosta, Eagle One was expected to win when dropping down to this grade (Overnight Allowance) on August 20 but the five-year-old American-bred bay gelding finished second behind Race Car at six furlongs.
Eagle One is very much comfortable among these and can come from off the pace or set the fractions. Whatever he chooses to do, Eagle One is going to be hard to beat.
The Good Witch, Generational and
Emperorofthecats should be the main rivals for Eagle One here.
The three-year-old and upward event is positioned as the final race on the card with a post time of 4:50 pm. First race is at 11:30 am.
Eagle One has trained well coming into this race, having clocked 1:07.2 for five and a half furlongs (1,100 with the last five furlongs (1,000m) done in 1:01.2 working alongside stablemate
Silent Mission on September 10, 2022.
With that spin, Eagle One, on paper, seems all set for victory as Phillip Parchment replaces Anthony Thomas in the saddle.
Trained by Adin Williams, The Good Witch, a five-year-old American-bred bay mare, has yet to win on local soil after six attempts. The Good Witch has finished second twice with one third
Eagle One place effort and is priming to get her first win. Reyan Lewis replaces Dick Cardenas in the irons.
Generational is a very consistent runner at this level. The Rowan Mathietrainee finished second to El Profesor over five furlongs (1,000m) round (September 3) in what looked like a good gallop from him coming into this trophy race. He should welcome this extended trip and also should benefit from a pull in the weights, making him a live contender. Roger Hewitt replaces Dane Dawkins in the saddle.
Emperorofthecats has done well in his two starts at this level.
Emperorofthecats finished third behind Race Car and Eagle One on August 20 and again was third behind El Profesor and Generational on September 3. Despite the presence of Generational, and Eagle One, Emperorofthecats is a three-year-old, who is developing fast, plus Shane Ellis returns to the saddle.
Ones to watch:
Race 1) Rusty/iannai Links/heavenly Glitter
Race 2) Volatility/milos/royal Ash Race 3) Pro Johnny/military Shot/ Six Avenue
Race 4) Radical/senor Kwanzi/party Princess
Race 5) It’s All I/fresh Cash/kd Rocket
Race 6) Run Yaya RUN/JNR Jones/ Supreme Star
Race 7) Morimoto/power Ranking/d Head Cornerstone
Race 8) Funometer/storm A Come/ Adenosine
Race 9) Ha Gow Siu Mei/jaguar/ Rubyistheone
Race 10) Eagle One/generational/ Emperorofthecats