by Tyrone Evelyn

DESPITE dominating racing last year and having more than half of the 11 horses entered in The Realtors Limited Trophy Condition race on Easter Monday's programme at the Garrison, trainers Liz Deane and William Clarke could still come out the losers at the finish of the 1 100 metres event.

Clarke, who trains for the powerful Lord Michael Taylor/Clifton Racing stable, will be represented by three horses in The Bangor Baron, Eastern Peace and The Welsh Wizard; while Deane, who handles the charges of an equally powerful Aysha Syndicate stable among others, will be looking to the trio of Who's Groovy, Preach To Me and newcomer Sabria Light to turn back the stable's eight other challengers.

Of the five other horses expected to face starter Mark Batson tomorrow, at least three of them have a winning chance and this is what makes the event one of the most competitive of the day's nine-race card.

Best credentials

They are the Boston John-trained Lethal Liesel, the Clayton Greenidge-trained Wash Brook, and Marcus Aurelius, the only creole of the three handled by Peter Arthur.

Of these three, Lethal Liesel seems to have the best credentials having placed second to JakeJakeJake, the best of the imported three-year-olds seen out to date, over tomorrow's distance of 1 100 metres on January 5; and also second behind another useful three-year-old import Messi over a similar distance, on January 26.

Wash Brook is another who could cause some damage. This Faraway Stables-owned colt has been running reasonably well among his peers, but is yet to find the winner's enclosure.

He finished a distant second to Daylight Express over 1 570 metres last race day, and prior to that he placed fourth on three successive occasions behind JakejakeJake (twice) and Messi. He has some early speed and this should serve him well tomorrow.

Creole Marcus Aurelius impressed when winning two races over 1 100 metres as a two-year-old on September 29 and October 13, respectively.

Owned by The Arthur Brothers, this colt was seen as a possible contender for this year's three-year-old classics but he went wrong shortly after placing fifth behind Vandross on November 10. He finished fourth on his return recently and should be a much fitter horse come Monday.

One to watch

Of the three Clarke entries, The bango Baron is probably the one to be on seeing that he is the choice of stable jockey Andy Ward. Also in his favour is the fact that he has been withdrawn from the day's main feature race, The Michael Parravicino Memorial Hopeful Breeders' Stakes & Trophy and being sent here instead.

Stablemate The Welsh Wizard seems to have better credentials than The Bangor Baron, but he has a tendency to walk out of the boxes and this is probably what prompted Ward to opt for The Bangor Baron.

Sir David Seale's Preach To Me is easily the best of Deane's trio of entries. This American-bred colt has been showing improved form with every race and his third-place behind runaway winner Daylight Express – Wash Brook second – last race day is evidence he is going the right way.

However, he might have his work cut out to reverse placings with Wash Brook and also overcome Lethal Liesel in particular.

There are two newcomers in the race in the Eddie Belle-trained I'mjusttoomuch, and the Roger Parravicino-trained Mystic Moon. Although much is not known about these two newcomers, there have been some encouraging reports about the exercise work being done by the latter.

Garrison racing programme:

Post Time: 1:05 p.m: Race 1: The Point Of View Trophy Condition Race: For West Indian-Bred Three-Year-Olds and over Maidens. About 1 570 Metres.

1. Midnight Magic – 104 – Kenny John

2. Music Lover – 104 – Scratched

3. Legally Blonde - 108 – Anderson Ward

4. Major Tom – 125 – Antonio Bishop

5. Queen Titania – 109 – Wesley Cave

6. Fascinatingforties - 113 – Richard Lunan

7. Randy Andy – 104 – Luana Lalung

8. Lady Patrick – 108 – Jonathan Grant

9. Crazy Man – 127 – Rico Maynard

10. Gold Digger – 111 – Louis P. Beuzelin

11. Kyreylla Don – 124 – Rocco Bowen

12. Cove Bay – 104 – Renaldo Cumberbatch

Post Time: 1:40 p.m: Race 2: The Point Of View Trophy Condition Race: For West Indian-Bred Three-Year-Old Maidens and Over. About 1 570 Metres.

1. Hot Stuff – 104 – Anderson Trotman

2. Trendy – 104 – Rico Maynard

3. Santo Tomas – 107 – Luana Lalung

4. Latin Madam – 104 – Jonathan Grant

5. Zoom - 104 – Scratched

6. Storm Goddess - 104 – Richard Lunan

7. Happy Go Lucky – 106 – Scratched

8. Uncle Jerry – 104 – Kenny John

9. Solana – 104 – Wesley Cave

10. Gin For Me – 104 – Lester Edwards

11. Tom Dooley – 127 – Louis P. Beuzelin

12. Celtic Tiger – 104 – Dwight Bailey

13. Milestone - 106 – Juan Crawford

Post Time: 2:15 p.m: Race 3: The Wind Ward Trophy Condition Race: For D1 and F1. About 1 100 Metres.

1. The Navigator – 117 – Anderson Trotman

2. Hawayan Tropic – 115 – Scratched

3. Copy That – 130 – Scratched

4. Salsa Moves - 122 – Rico Maynard

5. Tiga Lily – 125 – Louis P. Beuzelin

6. Kentucky Chill – 112 – Scratched

7. Enchanted Lake – 108 – Jonathan Grant

8. Kingdora – 125 – Anderson Ward

9. Bhanu – 115 – Juan Crawford

Post Time: 2:50 p.m: Race 4: The Galena Trophy Condition Race: For G1 and G1. About 1 800 Metres.

1. Bhagdatis – 104 – Jonathan Grant

2. Scarlet Light – 119 – Louis P. Beuzelin

3. Tiger Cat – 126 – Antonio Bishop

4. Tripoli – 113 – Lester Edwards

5. Shooting Star – 115 – Anderson Trotman

6. Smokin' Due – 127 – Scratched

7. El Mundo Puro – 124 – Rocco Bowen

8. Enzo – 127 – Jason Leacock

9. Kabir - 124 – Juan Crawford

10. Harvey Hunter – 127 – Richard Lunan

11. Rippin Form – 124 – Kenny John

12. Giovanetti – 124 – Luana Lalung

13. Miss Spitfire – 122 – Anderson Ward

Post Time: 3:25 p.m Race 5: The 2008 Easter Amateur Riders Trophy: For Amateur Riders. About 1 100 Metres.

1. Top Of All – 165 – P. Rock

2. Inshallah – 165 – J. Yearwood

3. Le Trio Francais – 165 – D. Griffith

4. Brandon Prince – 165 – R. Padmore

5. Dickie Bird – 165 – S. Wharton

6. Cove Cottage – 165 – S. Downie

7. Victoria Bay – 165 – S. Thorne

8. Midnight Thomas - 165 – K. Mahon

9. Midnight Lover – 165 – D. Darymple

10. Katsumi – 165 – J. Blenman

11. Oneandonly – 165 – D. Clarke

Post Time: 4:00 p.m: Race 6: The Realtors Limited Trophy Condition Race: For Imported Three-Year-Old Maidens and West Indian-Bred Three-Year-Olds. About 1 110 Metres.

1. Lethal Liesel – 126 – Kenny John

2. I'Mjusttoomuch – 126 – Rocco Bowen

3. Wash Brook – 126 – Paul Leacock

4. Marcus Aurelius – 113 – Antonio Bishop

5. The Bangor Baron – 113 – Anderson Ward

6. Eastern Peace – 113 – Jonathan Grant

7. Mystic Moon – 121 – Anderson Trotman

8. Preach To Me – 126 – Keveh Nicholls

9. Sabria Light – 121 – Juan Crawford

10. De Carpenter – 126 – Scratched

11. Who's Groovy – 121 – Jason Leacock

12. The Welch Wizard – 113 – Richard Lunan

13. No Spin Zone – 108 – Scratched

Post Time: 4:30 p.m: Race 7: The Palm Beach Condominium Trophy Handicap: For A1 and C3. About 1 570 Metres.

1. Primed 'N' Loaded – 123 – Anderson Ward

2. Pure Temptation – 128 – Scratched

3. Zarad – 130 – Jonathan Jones

4. Favorite Players – 128 – Rocco Bowen

5. John Brian – 127 – Anderson Trotman

6. Morethanawomen – 105 – Jonathan Grant

Post Time: 5:05 p.m: Race 8: The Michael Parravicino Memorial Hopeful Breeders Stakes and Trophy For Barbados-Bred Three-Year-Olds. About 1 570 Metres.

1. Royal Emblem – 126 – Luana Lalung

2. Marcus Aurelius – 126 – Scratched

3. Happy Go Lucky – 110 – Anderson Trotman

4. Music Lover – 121 – Juan Crawford

5. Mystical Magic – 121 – Jonathan Jones

6. Fresh Milk – 126 – Paul Leacock

7. Vandross – 121 – Louis P. Beuzelin

8. Zoom – 126 – Antonio Bishop

9. Houdini – 126 – Scratched

10. Guddfridie – 126 – Keveh Nicholls

11. The Bangor Baron – 126 – Scratched

12. Exploding Lady – 121 – Anderson Ward

13. Golden Moon – 126 – Jason Leacock

Post Time: 5:40 p.m: Race 9: The Happy Trees Trophy Condition Race. For F2 and F3. About 1 100 Metres.

1. Bouncbak – 125 – Anderson Ward

2. What A Splash – 120 – Anderson Trotman

3. Bandalero – 125 – Paul Leacock

4. Kamayus – 132 – Louis P. Beuzelin

5. No Spin Zone – 108 – Jonathan Grant

6. Epona – 118 – Jason Leacock

7. Pentellenoble – 118 – Luana Lalung

8. Ribo Tango – 125 – Richard Lunan

9. Nadal – 116 – Rico Maynard

10. Bachelor Boy – 132 – Kenny John

11. Zidane – 123 – Wesley Cave

12. Body N Soul – 127 – Juan Crawford