Bajan Azteca, with impressive apprentice Aaron Daniel aboard, won the feature Hilton Barbados Resort Trophy (Handicap) over 1 100 metres by seven lengths. (Picture by Kenmore Bynoe.)

Triple success for trainer Nunes

Article by Lindon Yarde

Trainer Andrew “Busha” Nunes was the headline guest on the perfectly executed South Coast Hotels and Resorts Of Barbados Raceday held yesterday at the historic Garrison Savannah.

Before a sizeable crowd that included three-time British champion jockey in 27-year-old Oisin Murphy, the 2021 champion trainer won a treble with Tommasi, Criterion and Bonita Bay.

Meanwhile, apprentice Aaron Daniel continued to impress, achieving a brace inclusive of another feature race success by piloting home Bajan Azteca in the day’s seventh race.

Going 1 100 metres in the Hilton Barbados Resort Trophy for horses rated 75-55 and below for a purse of $20 000, Bajan Azteca showed a clean pair of heels from the starting stalls. (LY)

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