T&T jock­eys con­tin­ued their great run at Hast­ings Race­course in Van­cou­ver, Cana­da, on Sat­ur­day.

Ki­mal San­to, the for­mer lead­ing ap­pren­tice of T&T, won four races on the six-race card, with Ker­ron Khelawan and Learie Seecha­ran land­ing sin­gle strikes.

San­to stat­ed that it was a great achieve­ment for him to win four races on the day's card, and he hoped he could re­peat the score once again. The for­mer Triple Crown win­ner who part­nered the John O'Brien-trained three-year-old geld­ing Wise Guy four years ago and be­came the first ap­pren­tice to win the Triple Crown, thanked all the train­ers who af­ford­ed him mounts and the own­ers for their con­fi­dence and sup­port.

In the open­ing event, San­to opened the card with Evan­der­keen as he stalked the lead­ers through the first turn while sav­ing ground at the rail. He came with his bid, en­ter­ing the fi­nal fur­long and drew clear.

In the sec­ond event, Khelawan land­ed his first touch with con­fi­dence and was bumped at the start. The T&T jock­ey as­sumed the track­ing of the pace­set­ters with High­lin­er. He wait­ed un­til 400 yards from home to ask his mount to go and join the lead­ers. He quick­ly edged away for a good suc­cess.

The third event on the card saw San­to re­turn to win­ning ways as he part­nered the Steve Hen­son-trained Bak­burn­er and made every inch of the run­ning un­der a pres­sure pace and won as he liked.

The T&T con­trol con­tin­ued in the fourth race when San­to land­ed the gam­ble at 7-2 on the Cindy Kras­ner-trained What's Shakin. He guid­ed What's Shakin to the front two fur­longs from home and out­ran his ri­val to the line.

Steve Hen­son land­ed his dou­ble when San­to rode his fil­ly Miss Union to an im­pres­sive vic­to­ry, to bring up his fourth win­ner on the Hast­ings' race track card. San­to broke alert­ly on 9-5 favourite and stalked the ear­ly pace. He wait­ed un­til com­ing in­to the straight to en­gage the lead­ers and draw off for an im­pres­sive suc­cess.

With the fi­nal race up­com­ing, T&T had won all five events and were now five for five and with San­to rid­ing Some­thing Elu­sive, any­thing could hap­pen. How­ev­er, the oth­er Trinida­di­an rid­ing in the event was Seecha­ran, and he was aboard the favourite For­eign Pro­to­col for train­er Pe­ter Mil­burn. Well, Seecha­ran broke quick­ly and con­trolled the race be­fore al­low­ing the horse to cruise away for an im­pres­sive suc­cess.

What a day for T&T rid­ers and hope­ful­ly, be­fore the year is over, we can see a re­peat.

The T&T jock­eys are wait­ing for next week­end.