Rideallday holds true to form

UNITED STATES-BRED RIDEALLDAY yesterday slammed Jason DaCosta’s fellow importee, GIRVANO, by almost nine lengths, beating overnight-allowance winners at a mile on his first run at the level.

An impressive winner on June 21, dismissing fellow importees, non-winners of three races, in a wind-affected 1:33.0 for seven and a half furlongs, Philip Feanny’s RIDEALLDAY made light work of GIRVANO’s rabbit, MAMMA MIA, swatting the local-bred off the lead two and a half furlongs out.

Journeyman Ian Spence actually broke RIDEALLDAY sharpest from post-poistion one but took the grey in hand to track MAMMA MIA and GEOLITHIC down the backstretch with GIRVANO lurking fourth, a length and a tail behind.

Travelling with a ton of horse in hand, Spence, who had earlier roused GENERAL CHIEF to run down MUSKETTON at six furlongs among $350,000 optional claimers, made a sweeping move leaving the three-pole to easily go by MAMMA MIA entering the stretch run.

Similar to how he had powered home on June 21, 6-5 favourite RIDEALLDAY sped away in the stretch run, leaving GIRVANO to go by MAMMA MIA a half-furlong out to claim second, no match for the powerful grey.

RIDEALLDAY’s manner of victory, clocking 1:40.2 for a mile, confirmed that the Vekoma-Song of Hours grey will stay all day and ought to be followed the farther he goes, no doubt pointed towards December’s Mouttet Mile purse of US$300,000.

Meanwhile, champion and leading jockey Raddesh Roman continues to run amok atop the riders’ standings, logging a three-timer on the 10-race card.

Roman opened the programme astride 5-1 chance VALLEY OF LOVE at five furlongs straight, completing a quick double by rallying American UNRULY MO to hold off Canadian MISS GROVE by a neck at a mile.

Roman was also in survival mode in the sixth, hanging on by a neck from a charging BRENDA’S BOY, aboard last year’s Jamaica Derby third-place CAPTAIN SPARROW, also at a mile.

Racing continues on Saturday, the final meet in July, before August’s Emancipendence carnival kicks off with the Jamaica Oaks on Emancipation Day, Friday, August 1, followed by Saturday racing and the Jamaica Derby set for Independence Day, Wednesday, August 6.