Rushing Away gives new owners 1st victory by a nose over Supremacy 

BY DEAN GREENAWAY

 Rushing Away won Sunday’s 1-mile feature race—the third of four one mile aces on the card—in the day’s fastest time of 1 minute, 47-1/5, giving his new owners their first victory by a nose over Supremacy.

Alden Sprauve said it was his first race after joining with Arlington Pickering and Jason Potter last week to purchase Rushing Away. “It was really impressive to see the jockey coming out and riding his best for us. We really appreciate everything.” Sprauve said, admitting that they had no plan for their first race. “We just wanted to see what the horse had. This race told us that this horse is built for it,” he said. “We knew it would have been a close race but he hanged on.”

Rushing Away showed the way for most of the race and opened a two and a half lengths lead. But his lead disappeared over the final two furlongs as Walley pulled Supremacy to cut the deficit. Supremacy charged home in the final furlong but ran out of turf as Rushing Away hanged on by a nose for the victory.

Potter said Actspectation is the only horse on Tortola that can beat Rushing Away. “From here we are on our own. He’s a big horse and we know we’ll get a lot out of him,” Potter said. “This victory builds our confidence.”

Livermore Run stayed off Peluzo Panzi Panzi’s early pace, then made a move with two furlongs to go before holding off Smooth Legend on the stretch run for the day’s second fastest time of 1:48-3/5, in the day’s final mile race.

Mountain Man beat Honest Past and Blackberry Sting, setting the times for the other horses to chase when he recorded a 1 minute 49.0 time in the first of the one mile races.

Fabulous Cherokee ran neck and neck with Princess of Heather before pulling away with less than a quarter mile to go to win in 1:50-4/5, in the second one miler.

Peanut Prospect won the first of two five furlong races that saw the second and third place positions being reversed after a foul was called. St. Thomas’ Cyber Spice who was entered in the race, switched with Flowered Son. Heading to the first turn, Flowered Son who was on the outside, made contact with Quaker Rat while he was trying to negotiate the turn, when the foul occurred. Quaker Rat who finished third was awarded second place by the officials after consultation. Peanut Prospect’s winning time was 1:02-3/5.

In the other five furlong race Como Bebe pulled even with early leader Cyber Spice with two and a half furlongs to go, then charged home to victory in 1:02-4/5. Arabian Charm placed third while Kriptonihgt was scratched from the race.

The BVI Horse Owners Association dedicated the race card to the three BVI Electricity Corporation employees—Alec Mathavious, Relston Farrington and Roger Hodge—who died in a tragic accident on Tuesday.