portada 2005

 
 

Venezuela has strong showing at Serie del Caribe Hipica

Venezuelan-bred Paso Real won the $100,000 Copa Confraternidad at El Comandante race track in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. The stakes race for three-year-olds and older that were bred in countries belonging to Caribbean Horse Racing Confederation was Saturday's feature race and part of the two-day Serie del Caribe Hipica.

Ridden by Angel Castillo and trained by Julio Ayala, Paso Real came from well of the pace and caught pacesetter Danzig Prince Race (Mex), with less than one furlong to go for the win.

Earlier in the afternoon, Leyenda Dorada, with John Bisono in the irons, came from just off the pace to win the $87,440 Copa Dama del Caribe. The three-year-old daughter of Gold Legend out of Itsallgreytome, by Vigors, represented Puerto Rico. She is trained by Ramón Morales for owner Juan Carlos Negrón.

Venezuela was also represented well in the $74,950 Copa Velocidad when Furioso, under Emisael Jaramillo, took the early lead and never surrendered his advantage, easily winning the six-furlong event for three-year-olds and older for trainer Juan Avila.

Joel Rosario from the Dominican Republic won the Jockey Challenge.

The Serie del Caribe Hipica continues on Sunday with three more stakes races, featuring the $300,000 Clasico del Caribe. —Carlos Pena