Spankhurst did the talking in Jumbo Jet’s Mashramani feature event

…Bossalina coming back for more

Spankhurst did the talking for his trainer Dharamjit Dharampaul after a scintillating performance in the curtain event on Sunday afternoon at Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), Rising Sun, Berbice.
He scored in gate to wire fashion from last year’s Guyana Cup winner, Easy Time and Bossalina over 1,600 metres at RSTC.
The Jumbo Jet Racing Stables owned USA-bred gelding lost his unbeaten tag to Bossalina at Rising Sun on New Year’s Day. And mere days before the race Spankhurst was voted the 2023 Horse of the Year winner ahead of Bossalina.
That announcement was a bitter pill for Bossalina’s connections to swallow. When Bossalina triumphed over Spankhurst in New Year’s Day’s feature event in the day’s finale. Her followers unfolded their Horse of the Year banner, and flags and paraded up the RSTC homestretch chanting who was the real Horse of the Year in 2023.
Spankhurst’s connections appreciated Bossalina’s celebration as they knew it will be short lived. They claimed Spankhurst was badly impeded in the race, but still managed to finish third to Bossalina, after a near horrific spill.
Spankhurst’s trainer Dharampaul ‘Damain’ Dharamjit commenting on the speedster’s success diplomatically announced, “This is why this sport is so great. My symphathy goes out to the connections of Bossalina.”

Spankurst leaving Easy Time, Bossalina and Stolen Money in the dust

Damain revealed, “Before the running of the event. It was reported, and confirmed that Bossalina was under a ‘cloud,’ and might not race. I was praying that it was not a serious problem. I wanted Bossalina to take her place in the race, and she did take her place. She performed admirably under the circumstances and look forward to both horses clashing again.”
Bossalina’s owner/trainer, Deleep Esreepersaud reached for a comment on her performance said, “We will be coming back to take on Spankhurst. The people of Guyana want to see them clash. We will not disappoint them.”
He closed, “I am not making excuses for her defeat. She had a little problem going into the race. She also she had three hard races and deserves the rest. She ran good but did not put up the kind of running she accustom doing. I think the track condition was against her. Her rider (Nicholas Patrick) said she did not enjoy the surface. She came back a little sore on the cannon.”