Orville Clarke, Gleaner Writer

GOOD CITIZEN, ridden by five-time champion Trevor Simpson for trainer Delroy Waugh, powers home under the left-hand stick in the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup feature over 1600 metres at Caymanas Park yesterday. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

THE PROGRESSIVE American three-year-old filly GOOD CITIZEN made short work of her rivals for the second time in three weeks, scoring an emphatic victory in the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup open allowance feature at Caymanas Park yesterday.

Installed a 3-4 favourite with five-time champion Trevor Simpson again in the saddle, GOOD CITIZEN romped home by four lengths from fellow US importee FIRST IN THE SAND (9-1), who in turn had a neck to spare over the talented native-bred filly IT IS I (3-1) in third. IT IS I was having her first outing since winning the Lotto Classic (Governor's Cup) on May 24.

It was the 22-1 chance SLOGAN, drawn on the outside of the 10-horse field, who was vigorously ridden to lead after a dozen strides, ahead of GOOD CITIZEN and IT IS I close up on the rails, with Dane Nelson astride. Always travelling easily, GOOD CITIZEN was sent through on the bridle leaving the half. She turned for home two lengths clear of IT IS I hard ridden, then lengthened her strides from early in the straight to win going away.

Owned by Elfreeda Williams and trained by Delroy Waugh, GOOD CITIZEN, a dark bay filly by Proud Citizen out of Suena Cay, has now won four races from nine starts this season and five from 11 locally, amassing stakes of $2.1 million in the process.

She had previously won the $1 million CTL Imported Stakes under top weight of 60.5kg on September 20. Waugh said he had no doubt that the filly would win again.

Heading to the top

"She's going places now ... heading straight to the top," he said. "Her next objective is the valuable super mile for imported horses on Superstakes Day, November 8."I predicted that she would run a time of 1:38.4 for the mile and she did just that. We are yet to see the best of this filly."

Simpson completed a cup double with a post-to-post victory aboard 6-5 second favourite PASS LINE in the Flossie McNeil Memorial Cup secondary feature over 1200 metres, this for native bred three-year-old fillies and mares (non winners of two).

A dark bay filly by Vanadium out of Setuporgetup, PASS LINE is co-owned by Claude Taylor and Steven Todd, and trained by the latter's father, Richie Todd.

Trainer Richard Azan was the day's top performer with three winners in PONSETTA, FLORENCE and ROMEZ.

With the minimum stake having increased from $20 to $40 as of Wednesday last, resulting in a downturn in sales over the previous Saturday, sales picked up yesterday settling at $30.3 million on 11 races. This compares favourably with the $28.7 million turnover for the previous Saturday, but that programme featured only nine races. The increase in minimum stake affected win, place, double event, quinella, exacta and rolling triple wagering. Other bets such as superfecta, trifecta, hi-five, super-6 and pick-9 remained unchanged.