 Yeah, we're out of the track, covering the sport of kings coming up this week. A superbly polished mahogany on display in Saturday's Open Allowance 5 for a long-sprinted K-Manus Park in Jamaica. Last year's TNT Dabu and Ahsoka Harmony is much the best in the Caribbean champion stakes at Santa Rosa Park. And we go up north for a pair of stakes wins for Barbadians, Safi Joseph Jr. and Rocco the Jocoboin in the USA. Plus the weekly stats on Caribbean success on the North American continent, or opening store from K-Manus Park in Jamaica. Saturday's Open Allowance 8 race was among the main events on the weekend's double meet and Robert Halladine is aboard the big favorite mahogany, looking for a quick rebound from his mid-October 2nd place finish in the Philip Fiany Gold Cup. Number 2 mahogany, a massive 1-5 favorite ahead of the US bred. Number 6, is that a fact on a 4 race winning streak and a 75 bet here? Good support too for number 3 Jordan Reigns at 9-2. Let's get Brown Rickman's call now with mahogany in front aiming for the gate to wire win. The top weight mahogany out in front, there goes Jordan Reigns now chasing, freedom street is there, generational just in behind them, is that a fact is on the outside hidden from view and has made stealthy progress as they go flashing past the 3, forget regal and royal as the field now come toward the top of the lane, they leave the 5-16th behind them, mahogany is that a fact sneaking up on the outside, freedom street near the rail in between horses sandwiched that's Jordan Reigns but the big horse mahogany continues to take them along, the rider has a peep between his legs and is mahogany in charge approaching the furlong pole, mahogany running fast and powerfully, is that a fact left back on the rail having no answers to the kick of mahogany inside the final 16th, it's mahogany and Robert Halladine, they're all soloing kickback from mahogany who eases down to win by maybe 7. Winning like a 1-5 favorite should, Halladine in the saddle coasting home for the 6-year-old Gelding's 16th career victory in 28 lifetime starts, mahogany by 6.5 lengths clocking a smart 59-3-5 for 5 furlongs for trainer Ian Prasad, is that a fact the 2nd favorite was 2nd past the post but disqualified and placed 4th. The weekend's richest race was Saturday's hovercraft sprint for 2-year-olds, let's see how the 1-9 favorite, Digital 1 does here with Ryan Lewis up for trainer Jason Lacosta. As they leave the 5-16th and come into the lane, Digital 1 cruising on that lead, under the hand ride, they ride a motionless at the top of the lane, they leave the quarter pole with a lot in hand, run Julie, run best of the rest, blue sensation is over on the rail but it's all Digital 1, coming up toward the final furlong, Digital 1 in complete control at this stage, Digital 1 and Ryan Lewis, he looks as if he's sure to have his 2nd win on the card inside the final 16th, it's all over, Digital 1 has put paid to them all, Digital 1 winning it by maybe 6 lengths over run Julie, run. One of 2 winners on the afternoon for leading, Jockey Ryan Lewis who snapped a 6 race day winless streak as the fillet Digital 1 makes it 2 wins from 2 starts. Oakridge farms Digital 1 with an unchallenged victory in the hovercraft sprint, scoring by 6 and a quarter lengths as the 1-9 favorite for trainer Dacosta, chased by run Julie, run a 7-1 bet in 2nd, 1-13 and 2-5th the winning time for 6 furlongs. Leading trainer Dacosta would have an even bigger day on Sunday with 3 wins including the Kemana Spark announces trophy, providing him with a shock win for his 7 horse tech apunt, the 4 year old gelding looked almost hopeless here in about 9th spot at the top of the home stretch. Can they catch this Morimoto, he's determined and asked to open up the rider, opens the throttle and Morimoto is a clear lead on the run to the furlong pole, power ranking is over against the real, snowflakes is on the outside, get a pepsi in between horses and sunset silhouette coming at them wide, but it is a Morimoto out in front inside the final 16th, Morimoto and terrific Tevin Foster, the beginning to tire, can Morimoto hang on here his tech apunt, flying on the outside with reins, well it's close. What a finish, Philip Parchment among the most aggressive riders at Kemana Spark gets the 10 to 1 shot tech apunt to motor in the closing stages, reeling in the towering Morimoto, Parchment's been aboard tech apunt for 4 of his 5 lifetime wins and this victory closed Dacosta's 3 timer, the 38 year old trainer having scored earlier in the day where the 2 year old Philly come home to me in the Antonitaisen 2nd race and the 3 year old Philly show girl in the 5th race. To Trinidad, it's Vega O'sent to Rosa Park now where the Caribbean champion steaks returned for the first time since 2019, a small field of 7 but 3 classic winners in their Soka Harmony crown prince and Justex Hale plus 4 more horse of the year making headlines. As usual champion trainer Jonner Brand with a strong hand and it's his 2022 Daba winner Soka Harmony and Guinness winner last year crown prince, the leading duo heading for the home stretch. So it's crown prince and Soka Harmony, Justex Hale is making a giant move now and races into that 3rd spot, just ahead of making headlines, finishing touches going backwards. Pawanaputra is also on their ride, Princess Aruna is the trailer, they come out from the far turn and Soka Harmony has just gotten the measure of crown prince, Justex Hale is right there, then circling horses now at the top of the stretch they come and it's Soka Harmony with the lead, crown prince on the inside, Justex Hale on the outside, making headlines is running into that 4th spot but Soka Harmony is pulling away from this field, crown prince is holding on to second, making headlines is running a giant race but Soka Harmony wins the Caribbean champion 6th. Jon Rupert on commentary, 8 career wins now for Soka Harmony who snaps a 3 race winless run, 3 wins on the afternoon for champion trainer Jonner Brand and reigning champion Jockey Brand Boodram Singh, fresh from his first riding stint in Canada. The victory margin in the Caribbean champion stakes for Leicester Moore's 6-5 bet Soka Harmony, 7-3 quarter lengths, easily beating stablemate and 3-5 favorite crown prince, the winning time for 9 furlongs, 155.47. Next to those two Barbadian stakes wins in the USA, first Safi Joseph Jr. at the Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. Where his 6-year-old Chile bred O'Connor was a 5-to-1 bet here in Saturday's $350,000 hog yard fair at stakes, Tyler Gaffleon in the orange cap is aboard, swinging wide into the five-path to play his part in a riveting finish. Tyler Gaffleon with a fine ride here, O'Connor's 11th lifetime win this, 9 of those victories in his native Chile where he was a grade 1 winner. This though his first stakes win in the USA, the hog yard fair at stakes over 9 furlongs run in 150.61, O'Connor wins by a head for Safi Joseph's 14th stakes triumph this season. Safi has two runners in the Breeders' Cup meet in Santa Anita this weekend and the big $6 million classic will be live on Sportsmax Saturday evening. Rocco Boen is now the Mahoning Valley racetrack in Ohio following the closure of the 2023 thistle down season and he's wasted no time in opening his stakes winning account. Aboard the 5-to-2 shot fair and square in Saturday's $100,000 best of Ohio endurance stakes, the 34-year-old Boen grabbed the lead coming off the final bend and no one got close enough to challenge. Boen is unstoppable here with a huge victory by seven and a quarter lengths. On an afternoon that Saw Jamaica's champion trainer Jason Dacosta get a second place finish in the $100,000 best of Ohio disc staff with his four-year-old Philly R3 Angels. Fair and square as a 5-to-2 bet wins the best of Ohio endurance stakes with 9-to-1 shot Tantrum chasing in second, 206-6 to 5 the winning time for 10 furlongs. Three wins this past week for Boen including a victory Monday for Jamaican trainer Dacosta. Bad weather scupper the season-ending Saturday Sunday cards at Central Downs where Nelson had 12 weekend rides booked. Still the 39-year-old topped the table with 18 wins in the seven-week season. Five better than Barbadian Enrico Prescott and Tonya Whitehole also from Barbados joined fourth giving Caribbean jocks three spots in the top five. T1 for the Jamaican trainer Ruan Crichton, top Barbadian rider Patrick Bommel-Husbands had four wins at Canada's Woodbine Race Track, two wins at Mahoning Valley for the Jamaican trainer Ricardo Bailey and the veteran Jamaican rider Andrew Ramjeet now 60 years old had two wins at Mountaineer Park. We've been at the track covering top stories and exciting races in the sport of Kings. Check us out again next week.