Roman prevails in titanic battle for jockeys' championship

One of the most riveting and enthralling battles for the local jockeys' championship in decades at Caymanas Park culminated on Saturday with Raddesh "The Sneaky Fox" Roman being crowned a first time champion.

His titanic battle with "Terrific" Tevin Foster went down to the very last race with roman emerging victorious by just 1 win.

Roman entered the final day on the local racing calendar with 7 rides a slender lead of three over his arch rival and 2018 batch mate Tevin Foster who had secured 8 mounts.
 
It was Foster who turned up the tempo, booting home a natural hattrick from races 2 to 4 to level the standings at 132 wins each.
 
Roman had to wait until race number 5 for his only win on the programme, guiding home the Phillip Elliott-trained 3-1 chance Oil Machine over a mile.
The championship came down to the very last race on the card where Foster had a chance to end the battle in a tie, but had to settle for the runner-up spot aboard the second choice Medal Award, as clowning around under new apprentice Emilio McClean created an 8-1 mild upset.

Roman ended with a tally of 133 wins, 83 wins more than he recorded last year, while foster finished on 132, 49 more than his 2023 tally.