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Independence Cup is feature race at Santa Rosa

WHEN racing action resumes at Santa Rosa Park in Arima, on August 31, punters will witness a five-race holiday card. The feature attraction on the day's programme will be the staging of the Independence Cup, a grade one race that would be open to all horses three years old and over that will travel over 1,800 metres on the turf course. It is expected that American bred Sneaky Cheeky would be sent off as pre-race favourite after winning her debut impressively at the beginning of this month. This time, filly Sneaky Cheeky may have a tougher assignment as she will tackle two other American bred runners in Striking Chrome that would come from the barn of Clyde Rambaran and Kitten With A Whip that would fly the flag of the Mendez stables. Also entered in this mouth-watering contest would be Hello World; Princess Aruna; Crown Prince; and In The Headlines that will all race for champion trainer John O'Brien. Turfites will also have the pleasure in seeing El Chico Malo gracing the local curcit for the first time. Punters would witness derby contenders Secret Pages, Hot Rod Kashton and Unbelievable all having their final prep races before the Trinidad Derby on September 24. Post time for the five-race holiday card is slated at 1.30 pm. Racing card: RACE 1: (1:30PM) MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP 3 Y.O. AND OVER HORSES RATED 30-0. 1200 METRES. $16,837. 421*1. UKRAINE*58*T. PHILLIPS(1) 2D4*2. PURE STRIKE*49.5*R. M BALGOBIN(3) 263*3. D'HUMMINGBIRD*58*D. KHELAWAN 583*4. QUASIMOTO*49.5*N.MOHAMMED 461*5. SOCA SYNERGY*53.5*R. JADOO 222*6. JCPEYTON*56*J. STEPHEN 752*7. EMPRESS HASSAN*58*E. DANIEL RACE 2: (2:15PM) NATIVE BRED 3 Y.O. & OVER MAIDENS. 1100 METRES(TURF). 16,837. 525*1. LULU BABY*54*D. RODRIGO 572*2. ZIAH*54*RI. HERNANDEZ 3*3. BAYOU JAZZ*57*D. KHELAWAN 6*4. BOLD AND BRAVE*57*O. MOHAMMED(1) 333*5.SECRET PAGES*54*R. M BALGOBIN(3) 3*6. TEQUILA ROSE*54*R. JADOO 355*7. HOT ROD KASHTON*57*E. DANIEL 222*8. MISS SUNAK*54*T. PHILLIPS(1) RACE 3: (3:00PM) MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP 3 Y.O. AND OVER HORSES RATED 60-45. 1350 METRES. $21,429. 621*1. MAGNIFICO*49*T. PHILLIPS(1) *2. EL CHICO MALO*55*R. JADOO 544*3. JUST EXHALE*54.5*E. DANIEL *4. THE GODDESS NIKE*53.5*D. KHELAWAN 111*5. HEADLINES AGAIN*50.5*N. MOHAMMED 354*6. PRINCESS ROYAL*49.5*R. M BALGOBIN(3) 222*7. ARSALAN*57.5*J. STEPHEN 442*8. DAVINDRA*51*RI .HERNANDEZ RACE 4: (3:45PM) MODIFIED BENCHMARK HANDICAP 3 Y.O. AND OVER HORSES RATED 40-25. 343*1. COMANDANTE*57*RI. HERNANDEZ 113*2. MONA LISA*57*D. KHELAWAN 111*3. SCHWARZENEGGER*54*R.M BALGOBIN(3) D54*4. DUSTY ROSE*49.5*D. RODRIGO 124*5. TWITTER KING*54.5*N. SAMAROO 731*6. PRINCE CONNOR*57*T. PHILLIPS(1) 341*7. LITTLE LADY*58.5*R. JADOO 412*8. UNBELIEVABLE*56*N. MOHAMMED RACE 5: (4:30 PM) INDEPENDENCE CUP (GR 1) OPEN TO ALL HORSES 3 Y.O. & OVER. 1800 METRES (TURF). $57,500. 111*1. HELLO WORLD*57*D. KHELAWAN 443*2. PRINCESS ARUNA*54*N. MOHAMMED 5*3. STRIKING CHROME*54*O. MOHAMMED 133*4. MIDNIGHT LOVER(TO)*54*J. STEPHEN 464*5. LEONARDO ANGEL*54*E. DANIEL 231*6. CROWN PRINCE*57*N. SAMAROO *7. KITTEN WITH A WHIP*54*R. JADOO 322*8. IN THE HEADLINES*51*R. M BALGOBIN 1*9. SNEAKY CHEEKY*54*T. PHILLIPS The post Independence Cup is feature race at Santa Rosa appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.