She's My Destiny and Ramon Nepare easily winning the None Such Sprint at Cayamas Park on Saturday.
Horse Racing

She’s My Destiny completes hat-trick with None Such Sprint triumph at Caymanas Park

September 09, 2023
For one fleeting stride it loomed as the match race everyone wanted to see between two talented and inform horses She’s My Destiny and American-bred Runaway Algo. 
 
But it was over in a split second of that stride, as She’s My Destiny powered away in the stretch run to win None Such Sprint Trophy by 10 lengths at Caymanas Park on Saturday. 
 
Though the Jason DaCosta-trained filly came in toting a mere 45.0 kg (99lb), the class and form of Runaway Algo was such that even with top weight 57.0kg (126lb), they were only expected to be separated by a length or two in the three-year-olds and upwards Graded Stakes/Open Allowance contest over six furlongs (1,200m).
 
However, She's My Destiny, who came in hunting a hat-trick of wins, used the light impost to good effect, as left the one draw perfectly and was immediately placed on a canter on the headlines by apprentice Ramon Nepare.
 
The Bern Identity-Woman is Boss offspring easily dictated terms for most of the way until she was inevitably joined by Runaway Algo, gradually under a pump from Raddesh Roman, approaching the stretch run.
 
By the time they straightened, the two locked horns and that sparked some excitement and anticipation of an intriguing stretch duel, but it didn't materialise, as Nepare loosened the reins aboard the five-year-old S & A Syndicate-owned She’s My Destiny and she briskly moved away from her rival to cop the lion's share of the $1.75 million purse.
 
Despite Runaway Algo being denied a fourth-straight victory, there were no real signs of disappointment from Roman or trainer Dale Murphy, as the inform jockey unsaddled the foreigner at the back.
 
Still, the margin of victory was such that not much could be said, especially given the fact that Runaway Algo not only allowed 27lb to his rival, which told in the latter stages of the race, but he is not a proven sprinter and that would provide some comfort to the connections. 
 
God of Love (Paul Francis) stayed on for third, with King Arthur (Javaniel Patterson) completing the frame.
 
She's My Destiny won in a decent 1:11.1, after splits of 22.3 and 45.3 seconds.
 
Meanwhile,  trainer Peter-John Parsard and champion jockey Dane Dawkins topped their respective peers with two winners each.
 
Parsard opened and closed the nine-race programme with Neo Star (Ricardo Duhaney) and Bootylicious, ridden by Dawkins. Dawkins earlier won the fifth event aboard Richard Azan's Slammer.
 
Racing continues om Sunday with another nine-race programme on offer.
She's My Destiny and Reyan Lewis in full flight on their way to victory in the Reggae Trophy at Caymanas Park on Saturday.
Horse Racing

She's My Destiny on song in Reggae Trophy at Caymanas Park

August 12, 2023
It was basically an afternoon stroll for Jason DaCosta's She's My Destiny in Saturday's Reggae Trophy, as she made light work of rivals in the three-year-olds and upward Graded Stakes/Open Allowance contest over the five-furlong (1,000m) straight course at Caymanas Park.
 
Partnered with leading rider Reyan Lewis, the five-year-old chestnut mare, as she always does, made all the running from the widest draw in the five-horse field, finishing tops by one and three quarter lengths. She clocked 1:00.1, after splits of 23.0 and 46.2 seconds.
 
She's My Destiny left the gates well and immediately dashed to the front, chased by Jordon Reign's (Tevin Foster) and stablemate Lure of Lucy (Jordon Barrett). 
 
The fleet-footed filly, She's My Destiny, maintained a steady gallop and before long, the Bern Identity - Woman is Boss offspring asserted her authority, leaving the fast-finishing Perfect Brew (Ramon Nepare) and Lure of Lucy back in her wake. Brinks (Jawara Steadman) completed the frame.
 
This was She's My Destiny's second win on the trot and third time in seven starts this season.
 
DaCosta and  Lewis, also combined with Outbidder to win the co-feature for the Liu Chie Poo Trophy.
 
Outbidder, won the three-year-olds and upward Overnight Allowance event by a comfortable three and a quarter lengths, completing the mile (1,600m) 1:41.2, behind splits of 24.4, 48.1 and 1:14.2.
 
 Sunset Silhoutte (Jerome Innis), Get A Pepsi (Dane Dawkins) and Tekapunt (Phillip Parchment) were the runners-up.
 
Lewis had earlier opened the 10-race card with a mild upset aboard Patrick Lynch's 6-1 shotGone A Negril.
 
Meanwhile, reigning champion jockey Dane Dawkins also had a decent day in the saddle, as he also had a three winners. 
 
He won aboard Bella Soul in the third race for trainer Gary Subratie, the fifth race with Steven Todd's Mister Mandate and closed the hat-trick aboard Michael Marlowe's Jack of Spades in the eighth.
Jockey Reyan Lewis pilots She's My Destiny to victory in the SVL Anniversary Trophy feature at Caymanas Park on Saturday
Horse Racing

Lewis, DaCosta star, as She's My Destiny tops SVL Anniversary Trophy feature

June 24, 2023

The combination of title-chasing jockey, Reyan Lewis and champion trainer, Jason DaCosta was once again the dominant force, as they accounted for the most wins on Saturday's 10-race card, including fleet-footed filly She's My Destiny in the Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) 22nd Anniversary Trophy feature.

Lewis, who started the day on 50 wins, extended his lead atop the jockeys' standings with a dazzling four-timer that pushed him 16 wins ahead of closest pursuer Tevin Foster, three of those winners were saddled by DaCosta, who surpassed 200-career wins at Caymanas Park.

After DaCosta secured the milestone when Lewis piloted Tekapunt to five and a half-length victory over six-and-a-half furlong (1,300m) in the fifth event, the duo made it a quick two-in-two with three-year-old bay filly MPRS Links, who won by a head in a maiden condition race over seven furlongs (1,400m).

The natural hat-trick was completed in fine style by She’s My Destiny, who romped the three-year-olds and upwards Graded Stakes/Open Allowance contest over five-and-a-half furlongs (1,100m) by three and a quarter length.

She's My Destiny, a five-year-old chestnut mare made amends for a dismal fifth place behind stablemates I Am Fred, King Arthur, and Miniature Man in the Distinctly Irish Trophy on June 3, after being stretched out to nine furlongs and 25 yards (1,820m).

Though she was uncharacteristically slow out of the gates on this occasion, Lewis quickly got the filly into her running in the small six-horse field, and before long she was breathing down the neck of leader Yellowstone (Jordan Barrett).

However, it wasn't until the straightened in the homestretch that S&A Syndicate-owned She’s My Destiny hit top stride and easily swept by Yellowstone before pulling away for a comfortable win in the end. She stopped the clock in a decent 1:06.2, behind splits of 23.2 and 46.2 seconds.

King Arthur (Javaniel Patterson) and Miniature Man (Abigail Able), also from DaCosta's stables, were second and third respectively, with Yellowstone fading into fourth.

Lewis then added another to his tally when he booted home the Gregg Fennell-conditioned Ras Emanuel in the eighth event. Fennell, who was registering his second career win as a trainer, previously worked with DaCosta as his assistant.

Meanwhile, former champion jockey Anthony Thomas had a double, winning the last two events aboard Joyful for Patrick Lynch and Essential Quality for Oral Hayden. Lynch earlier won the first event with Traditional Lady ridden by Patterson.

Racing continues on Sunday with another 10-race card. First post is at 11:45 am.

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