CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia, CMC – Seasoned Barbadian jockey Reshawn Latchman landed the U.S. $75 000 featured James and Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes on Saturday at the Charles Town racetrack in the United States.
The 31-year-old drove the odds-on favorite Direct the Cat to a convincing 7-1/2 lengths win in the feature race for registered accredited West Virginia-bred, two-year-old fillies over seven furlongs on the dirt for her fourth stakes win in a row.
It was only the third stakes win of the season for Latchman – all three coming aboard Direct the Cat – and he now has 75 wins for the season, which places him third in the jockeys’ standings behind Arnaldo Bocachica, on 163, and Marshall Mendez, on 107.
Keimar Trotman, another Barbadian jockey, kept up appearances when he logged a double on the eight-race card that carried him to 11 wins for the season.
Direct the Cat went straight to the front, shrugged off 54-1 early pace rival Mad Swann under Mendez, turned back a mid-race challenge from Runaway Beauty under Juan Nunez, and cruised home in a time of one minute, 26.01 seconds on a fast main track.
Direct the Cat has now won four of six lifetime starts with earnings shy of U.S. $150 000.
Earlier, Trotman steered 3-1 chance Super Quality to a 1 1/2 lengths win in the U.S. $14 200, claiming the second race over seven furlongs on the dirt.
He got Super Quality to take a quick lead and angle to the rail to rate the pace and continued to urge along the four-year-old bay gelding for 1 min, 27.45 secs.
Trotman returned to pilot Mineola Mike to a 3 1/2 lengths win in the U.S. $ 15,700, claiming fourth race over seven furlongs on the dirt.
He also got Mineola Mike into a short lead early, but the four-year-old bay gelding came under pressure approaching the quarter pole before Trotman got him to widen the lead and run to the wire in 1:26.98.
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