The John O’Brien trained “Horse Of The Year” Making Headlines returns to the main track at Santa Rosa Park, Arima on Saturday when racing resumes after a six-month break due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
Making Headlines was very impressive when winning the Stewards Cup and Gold Cup last year and will be primed to repeat the feat in 2021.
The Ruthven Smith owned horse will go to post in the sixth event, the Modified Benchmark Handicap for horses rated 70 and Over, going over a distance of 1,350 metres on the main track at Santa Rosa Park. Brian Boodramsing will have the leg up and this outstanding thoroughbred will tote 55 kilos.
The top-weight in the event is the Glen Mendez trained General JN which will tote 60 kilos and will be ridden by Dillon Khelawan. However, the feature event on the day’s card has seven horses set to do battle with champion O’Brien having three engaged.
O’Brien has the former Stewards Cup winner Early Bird and Bella Riva in the line-up. Nela Mohammed will ride the former with 49.5 kilos while Kimal Santo will be aboard Bella Riva.
Also in the line-up will be Regal Intension, Signal Note and Affirmative.
Leading three-year-old Arsalan will warm-up for the Guineas when he goes to post in the fifth event on the card. The Lester Alexis trained Arsalan will be ridden by Ronald Ali and will tote 55.5 kilos. The nine-horse field is headed by the Mike Lutchman trained Fast ‘N’ Furious and includes turf specialist CP Jet.
Harold Chadee has American Traveller engaged while Keith Lucas has the talented Star of Wonder in the event over 1,350m.
Seven-one horses were entered for day nine card.
Post time is 12.50 pm.
Here are the declared runners, riders and weights for the ARC day nine programme.
ARC DAY 9 ENTRIES
R1: 12.50PM - NATIVE BRED 3 YO MAIDENS - 1,200M -$12,650
402*1*Game Changer*J O’Brien/K Santo*54*
--2*2*Whiskey Peddler*H Chadee/K Khelawan*57*
--3*3*Finishing Touch*J O’Brien/B Boodramsing*57*
---*4*Marvel Vigor*G Mendez/D Khelawan*57*
-76*5*Lil Toribelle*JW Samaroo/N Samaroo*54*
---*6*Coup D’Etat*K Sahadeo/T Phillips*54*
---*7*Zelda*A Gonzalez/T Phillips*54*
---*8*Eagle Eyes*G Mendez/R Jadoo*54*
R2:1:25PM - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED 70-55 - 1,500M (TURF) - $16,100
433*1*Wise Guy*J O’Brien/K Santo*59.0*
316*2*Khaleesi*C Roberts/N Samaroo*54.5*
824*3*Leonardo Angel*M Lutchman/T Phillips*56.5*
122*4*Super Bird*J O’Brien/B Boodramsing*49.0*
442*5*Cool Cat*L Alexis/S Balroop*55*
837*6*Sunset Cloud*L Alexis/D Blackman*50.5*
R3: 2 pm - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED 25-0 - 1,100M (Turf)- $12,650
521*1*Con Te Partiro*F DeFreitas/R Jadoo*54*
148*2*Redhotfillypepper*L Alexis/R Ali*57*
822*3*Infortheglory*B Nurse/S Balroop*58.5*
505*4*Man On Fire*R Ramroop/N Samaroo*53.5*
655*5*El Chapo*R Ramroop/JK Santo*53*
508*6*Zanza*H Chadee/B Boodramsing*56.5*
876*7*Trusty Rose*J Rampersad/N Mohammed*49*
633*8*Gold For John*K Lucas/T Phillips*52*
077*9*Breakthrough*R Ramroop/K Razack*49.5*
355*10*Unsettles Heart*G Mohammed/D Khelawan*57.5*
059*11*Schwarzenegger*R Ramroop/K Razack*56.5*
R4: 2.40PM - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED 45-30 - 1,350M (Turf) - $12,650
522*1*Stroke of Luck*J O’Brien/K Santo*53.5*
337*2*Da Vinci Code*M Lutchman/R Jadoo*56.5*
914*3*Lady Bird*H Chadee/K Khelawan*56.5*
283*4*Pawan Putra*M Lutchman/T Phillips*57.5*
432*5*Princess Steffani*J O’Brien/B Boodramsing*56.5*
924*6*Unsettled*G Mohammed/D Khelawan*57*
008*7*Mano*L Alexis/D Blackman*54.5*
--5*8*Supremacy*M Lutchman/R Jadoo*53.5*
456*9*Cactus Treasure*M Lutchman/N Samaroo*56*
225*10*Marconi*Dr. J Suratsingh/N Mohammed*57*
415*11*Perfect Saint*H Singh/R Ali*53.5*
338*12*Dancing Sun*K Sahadeo/K Razack*55.5*
446*13*Twitter King (Jam)*G Emmanuel/N Samaroo*57*
041*14*Just Exhale*T Thomas/S Balroop*55.5*
R5: 3.15PM - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED 60-45 - 1,350M - $16,100
241*1*Star of Wonder*K Lucas/N Mohammed*56.5*
241*2*Market Leader*T Thomas/N Samaroo*54.5*
412*3*American Traveller*H Cahdee/K Khelawan*55*
189*4*Maha Raja*J O’Brien/K Santo*54*
935*5*Sea of Gdansk*T Thomas/T Phillips*54.5*
013*6*CP Jet*R Frederick/D Khelawan*53*
193*7*Wang Chung*S Khan/S Balroop*53.5*
115*8*Arsalan*L Alexis/R Ali*55.5*
109*9*Fast ‘N’ Furious*M Lutchman/R Jadoo*57*
R6: 3.50PM - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED - 70 & OVER - 1,350M - $16,100
326*1*Early Bird*J O’Brien/N Mohammed*49.5*
974*2*Regal Intension*H Chadee/K Khelawan*37.5*
213*3*Signal Note*G Mendez/R Jadoo*34.5*
211*4*Bella Riva*J O’Brien/K Santo*38*
112*5*General JN*G Mendez/D Khelawan*60*
115*6*Making Headlines*J O’Brien/B Boodramsing*55*
421*7*Affirmative*K Sahadeo/K Razack*41*
R7: 4.30PM - MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP - 3 YO & OVER HORSES RATED 40-25 - 1,100M - $12,650
435*1*Why Kapalua*Dr. J Suratsingh/K Razack*57*
041*2*Lady Hamilton*M Luchman/T Phillips*54*
313*3*Pure Pleasure*M Lutchman/R Jadoo*53*
296*4*Smooth Sailing*L Alexis/D Blackman*58*
064*5*Price Alert*K Lucas/N Mohammed*56*
159*6*With Honors*J O’Brien/B Boodramsing*56*
--7*7*Thunderbird*D Ojar/R Ali*57*
929*8*Golazo*R Ramroop/Ri Hernandez*52*
034*9*Prince Connor*/R Hernandez*56.5*
-21*10*Patta Patta*M Lutchman/R Ali*55.5*
760*11*Zhiliang*H Singh/S Balroop*57*
126*12*Road Rage*K Sahadeo/N Samaroo*57.5*
670*13*Peace N Glory*G Mohammed/P D Badrie*57.5*
018*14*Fortune Teller*H Chadee/D Khelawan*56.5*
969*15*Single Bullet*K Lucas/D Blackman*55.5*
653*16*The Spokesman*C Roberts/H Emamalie*53*