 Yeah, we're at the track, covering the sport of kings, coming up this week. The film Mercedes driven to victory by top junkie Ricky Walcott in the Michael Parvaccino Memorial hopeful breeder stakes at the garrison savannah in Barbados, odds on favorites dominate the weekend's main events at Jamaica's Caymanna Spark, Divine Force in the Lynda Della Penna Memorial and Teflon Dawn in the Mercury Sprint, before an exciting finish to the Ash Wednesday trophy midweek feature, plus the usual weekly stats on Caribbean success on the North American continent, our opening story this week as it was last week, night racing in Barbados. Six runners entered for Saturday's Michael Parvaccino Memorial hopeful breeder stakes and trophy feature. The six horse Mercedes trained by Richard Dean with Ricky Walcott in the saddle, the heavy favorite for the 7.8 furlong trip coming off a win in December's Express cash trophy. Number one queen of the South only a length and a quarter second to Mercedes in the Express cash on Boxing Day is the 7 to 2 second favorite. Number two Moschara is at 6 to 1, 5 to 1 on Brunei, a winner last time out. Number four Showtime is a 9 to 1 outsider, premise a winner on debut of a five and a half furlongs on Boxing Day is at 9 to 2 and Mercedes the even money favorite in the come box for the Canada's first stakes race for native bred three-year-olds Dean Springer picking them up mid-race. Half mile completed in 51 and four Mercedes is just pointed Showtime, queen of the South still in third, Moschara's found her best right as she comes a calling, Brunei is flattered out and we can safely discard premise inside the quarter pole they come and it is Mercedes who's opened up by two and a half nights now from on the outside, queen of the South, Moschara's flattered out as Mercedes into the middle of the course, inside the front furlong they come as Mercedes and a left-hand drive, queen of the South trying desperately, Mercedes, queen of the South on the outside, Moschara, it's Mercedes in the middle of the course who's going to get home wins the whole full skillfully handled by jockey Ricky Walcott who in the home stretch makes a switch from left-hand whipping to right he gets Mercedes to fend off challenges from Queen of the South on the inside and Moschara on his outside. Bred by Aston Martin out of the Janaki Mir Janak, Mercedes gives Walcott his third Michael Barvechino win in four years having scored with 2021 upset winner Basel E. Gall and afternoon delight in 2022. Trainer Richard Deena repeat winner of the event following up here on his tramp last year with indelible. Owned by Curlan Felician and Stephen Jardim the even money favorite Mercedes makes it three wins in five starts taking the great two Michael Barvechino Memorial hopeful breeders by a length and a quarter over the six to one bet Moschara closing well for second Mercedes clocked 137 and two fifths for the 7.8 for a long trip. Let's check in now on two events from Jamaica's Cape Man of Spark on Saturday the first the Mercury Sprint run in honor of the 1972 champion two-year-old and the Linda Della Penna Memorial that one honoring the late sportscaster who played top flight football in England in the 1950s. The Linda Della Penna Memorial feature had eight starters none better supported in the betting than the ac k-stables four-year-old called divine force after taking control down the back stretch on a jockey Tevin Foster a clear leader here heading for the home stretch. They slip past the 716th and it is a divine force out in front large and in charge leaving the three with about an eight length gap hooked up to I realize regal and royal now sent in chase moving best of the rest the head cornerstone is asked for an effort I realize his shuffle back through the back further and beyond his racing on the extreme outside and blows the turn but divine force into the lane with a commanding lead the head cornerstone now beginning to nibblat it with regal and royal it's a divine force being driven flat to the boards the stick comes out now in the right hand the head cornerstone continues to make gains a furlong to run divine force just the leader the head cornerstone cutting into it as they come past the 16th pole it is a divine force the head cornerstone now sprouting wings on the outside but divine force repels them all and wins. Tevin Foster digs deep here aboard the favorite divine force repelling the outside challenge of ex-champion jockey Dane Dawkins with the head cornerstone in his first start for 2024 divine force from the stables of the maestro Philip Fiani secures back-to-back wins scoring by a length and a quarter as the four to five favorite chased by the head cornerstone and winning the one mile linda de la pena in 139 and four fifths six runners went in the mercury sprint and Elizabeth the cost of three-year old Cole Teflon Don with Robert hardball halloween riding for champion trainer Jason the Costa the popular betting choice not expected to lose and did not in what was a no contest. Teflon Don has been in charge from the off and attempts to go gate to wire bowl shadow will try to deny but Teflon Don under a hand ride halloween having a look between his legs and Teflon Don is just cruising as they leave the quarter pole behind them bowl shadow can't land a blow and needs to find several lengths along with the rest warrior stomp maybe third over the general down against the rail but it's all over at this stage a furlong to run what can happen to stop Teflon Don from romping the mercury sprint and nothing has happened so far inside the final 16th it's all over Teflon Don and Robert halloween for Elizabeth the Costa and Jason the Costa they win on a trot owned by Liz the Costa and trained by her son Jason the Costa Teflon Don by casual trick out of the latest court looking classy on debut toying with the field on their halloween Teflon Don wins the mercury sprint by nine and a quarter lengths over the 72 shot the general the winning time 101 and two-fifths four five for a long straight Richie Zanz Leban was a favorite here on the inside with jockey Tevin Foster and the neon green and orange silks but with work to do approaching the home stretch as they come charging past the five 16th it's wide open she's my friend at Abigail Abel on the rail rambling rose kicking in on the outside these two going at it Torus boy looking for room in between them and finding it Leban now wound up for a burst down against the rail it is a rambling rose just a leader in the center watch Torus boy now kicking in and Torus boy now looks to have it Leban he's storming forward down against the rail get a Pepsi now begins a charge and out wide it's a green gold rush it's anybody's raised Torus boy on the far side green gold rush nearest to us with get a Pepsi green gold rush get a Pepsi green gold rush a very tight finish here green gold rush widest of all snatching the wind by a neck over get a Pepsi with Torus boy only a further half length behind in third one of two wins on the afternoon for ex-champion jockey Dave Dawkins two Ash Wednesday trophy wins in three years as well for the 30-year-old jock who won in 2022 with DJ's boy a sixth lifetime win this for the PJR racing clubs green gold rush scoring for trainer Dalton Serju and Groom Cedric Hardware our usual weekly tally of wins for Caribbean men in the USA before we go in the past week since our last show have counted 15 victories among them three wins each in Florida for the Barbadian trainer Saffy Joseph Jr and the Jamaican trainer Rohan Crichton that happening between Tampa Bay Downs and Gulfstream Park where the Jamaican jock is Anthony Thomas and Sean Bridgenmohan won Jamaican trainers Willoughby Simpson and Colin Mirage also won at Gulfstream Park and there was a Wednesday double for the Barbadian jocky Rashawn Lachman at West Virginia's Charleston race track we've been at the track covering top stories and exciting races in the sport of kings check us out again next week