Meanwhile, stakes leader Jason DaCosta, who started the afternoon $3.5 million clear of defending three-time champion trainer Anthony Nunes, pressed the accelerator on his rival with a stinging four-timer on the 10-race card.ĭaCosta’s winners were shared equally between Reyan Lewis, who rode a three-timer on the programme, and champion jockey Anthony Thomas in his bid to rein in leading rider Dane Dawkins.
Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.ĬALCULUS’ 1:54.2 was one of the quickest times at the distance this season, bettered by United States-bred I AM FRED’s 1:54.1, which had beaten him into third place on June 4. The writing was on the wall from a furlong out before 1-2 favourite CALCULUS caught up with his target and won going away, eased close to the wire. RUNAWAY ALGO swung into the lane with a three-length lead but with strides shortening, whereas CALCULUS closed steadily in mid-track with his loping action. Swallowing the bait, Christopher Mamdeen urged RUNAWAY ALGO to peel away from SHE’S A WONDER approaching the three-furlong point, while CALCULUS moved in for the kill with Shane Ellis stalking the pace from fourth down the backstretch. RUNAWAY ALGO went past MAKEUPARTIST five furlongs out but was forced off his bridle leaving the half-mile marker by SHE’S A WONDER’s renewed challenge along the rail. Last year’s Jamaica Derby winner, CALCULUS needed help to keep RUNAWAY ALGO honest on the lead, assistance which came from speedsters MAKEUPARTIST and SHE’S A WONDER, who blasted from the gate to keep the foreigner third heading into the clubhouse turn. CALCULUS BENEFITED from an expected speed attack on RUNAWAY ALGO to collar the quick United States-bred colt a half-furlong out in yesterday’s Mark My Word Trophy, winning his third route race in a month.
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