PHOENIX, Arizona, Apr 5, CMC – Andrew Ramgeet logged a double on Tuesday’s eight-race card at the Turf Paradise racetrack to extend his lead in the hunt for the jockeys’ championship.
The veteran Jamaica-born jockey increased his aggregate to 91 – seven clear of his nearest rival Scott A. Stevens – with just over a month remaining in the season at the main race course in the south-western American state.
Ramgeet drove the 9-2 second favourite Sweetnorthern Rose to a 3 ¾-length win in the US $12,500 third race over 1,600 metres on the turf.
Sweetnorthern Rose, a four-year-old, dark bay filly, was made to save ground prompting the early issue before he was produced entering the far turn and drew clear in the upper stretch to stop the clock at one minute, 38,05 seconds.
Ramgeet steered the 4-5 favourite Flowinwiththebreez to a one-length victory in the US $7,100 final race, going 1,200m on the dirt.
Flowinwiththebreez, a six-year-old, bay mare, proved their was life left in the old girl yet, after she was bumped at the start, impeded and checked entering the turn.
But Ramgeet worked her back into the contention before she went eight wide into the stretch, closed willingly and got up in the final strides to finish in a time of 1 min, 10.83 secs.
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