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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

TTPS Mounted Branch stableman killed in crash

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Sascha Wilson
1078 days ago
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Deochan Ramanoop holds up a picture of his brother Lalchan winning a horse race in Barbados.

Deochan Ramanoop holds up a picture of his brother Lalchan winning a horse race in Barbados.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

A for­mer jock­ey on his way to work was killed dur­ing a three-ve­hi­cle crash along the high­way near Freeport yes­ter­day.

Lalchan Ra­manoop, 64, of Re­form Vil­lage, Williamsville, worked at the TTPS Moun­tain Branch in St James car­ing for the hors­es.

Re­ports say the ve­hi­cles were head­ing north along the Solomon Ho­choy High­way when they col­lid­ed around 3.30 am. Ra­manoop was dri­ving a pick-up van while Shaz­ard Jhangir was in a blue Hyundai Elantra and Mustapha Mo­hammed was dri­ving a Ford Ranger. Ra­manoop and Jhangir suf­fered se­ri­ous in­juries and were tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty. How­ev­er, Ra­manoop suc­cumbed to his in­juries.

Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed his home yes­ter­day, where he lived with his younger broth­er De­o­dath.

De­o­dath said when his broth­er did not re­turn home, he con­tact­ed a cousin who called the po­lice around 8 pm. They then found out he died in an ac­ci­dent. De­o­dath said his broth­er was not mar­ried and had no chil­dren.

Ra­manoop’s close friend Stew­art Nar­ine said Ra­manoop lived in Cana­da and the Unit­ed States for sev­er­al years.

“His life was a jock­ey and in my opin­ion. He was a very good jock­ey,” he said.

How­ev­er, he re­called that 12 years ago, Ra­manoop fell off a horse in Tam­pa, Flori­da, and they were scared he was not go­ing to sur­vive. How­ev­er, he pulled through and moved back to T&T be­cause he could no longer work due to his in­jury.

“When he re­cov­er, he make an ap­pli­ca­tion to the Mount­ed Branch and get through. He used to see about the hors­es. He had a per­ma­nent job there un­til he re­signed last year but they called him back. He was a good work­er,” he added.

Nar­ine said Ra­manoop’s un­cle was a jock­ey and he fol­lowed in his foot­steps.

Ag Cpl Bis­soon is in­ves­ti­gat­ing.


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