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Co-owner of Barbados Derby winner War Eagle, Kraigg Brathwaite, of K & C Stables (right), receiving the Derby Trophy from Barbados Turf Club president Sir David Seale (centre), as winning jockey Delano Lopez joins in the celebrations.
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 on December 27, 2020

War Eagle whoops it up

Article by Kimberley 

War Eagle, brilliantly ridden by apprentice Delano Lopez, won a sensational 81st running of the Boxing Day Barbados Derby in grand style to trigger pandemonium at the Garrison Savannah last night.

The three-year-old chestnut gelding, which is owned by K & C Stables, gave co-owner West Indies cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite his first Barbados Derby victory under the floodlights before a massive crowd on the good-to-firm track.

It was not an easy win for the favourite War Eagle, which won the second jewel of the Triple Crown –the Pinnacle Feeds Midsummer Creole Classic – by 19 lengths last month.

War Eagle had to be fully extended to overtake longtime leader Conflictofinterest and win by a length in a thrilling 2 000 metres race. The winning time was 2:08.1 minutes. (LY)

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