Orville Clarke, Freelance Writer 
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JOCKEY ONEIL Mullings highlighted yesterday's 11-race programme at Caymanas Park with three winners, including the highly fancied CHINA TOWN who squeezed home in the Henry George Harrison Sr. Memorial Cup feature over 1300 metres.
His other winners were PRODIGAL SON at 5-2 for trainer Norman Rose in the eighth race over 1400 metres and 8-5 favourite ALLIEDFORCE for veteran trainer Noel Ennevor in the day's most valuable race (10th), the 3-y-o and up open allowance over the circular course with a total purse of $500,000.
Won quite easily
While PRODIGAL SON and last year's Lotto Classic (Governor's Cup) and St. Leger winner ALLIEDFORCE won quite easily on a muddy surface resulting from mid-afternoon showers, the Donovan Phillipps-trained CHINA TOWN (7-5) had to be driven out ferociously by Mullings in the last furlong to pip the 4-5 favourite STREET FIGHTER by a head in a field of six.
STREET FIGHTER, the mount of apprentice Harriston Lewis, chased the leader GO MAR GO (12-1) at close range with CHINA TOWN not far off the pace passing the half mile disposing of GO MAR GO leaving the 600-metre pole, STREET FIGHTER stepped wide entering the straight and proceeded to drift out a bit as he usually does in the straight.
Despite this, he was only caught within shades of the wire by CHINA TOWN who quickened up nicely after taken down to the inside by Mullings approaching the distance. As a result of this three-timer, Mullings, 31, has pushed his season's tally to 16 to hold down seventh position in the standings. A 2002 graduate of the Jockeys' School, Mullings started riding towards the end of that year and to date has ridden 177 winners.
In-form apprentice Carlton Malcolm rode two winners in THREE SIXTY DEGREE (2-1) and evens favourite BEAT THE DRUM to move up to fifth in the standings with 18 winners this season.
First past the post
Fellow apprentice Omar Walker was first past the post aboard 2-1 chance LATIN KING in the first race and 4-1 chance BEST MAN for in-form trainer Dwight Chen in the third race over the straight for three-year-olds, but the latter was disqualified and placed second for causing interference to the Anthony Nunes-trained LADY NAGIN (8-1) in the last furlong and their positions reversed.
Chen made amends with 3-1 chance ASKAWOMAN who made all convincingly under five-time champion jockey Trevor Simpson in the closing race over 1100 metres.
Not to be left out of the winners' enclosure was leading all-time jockey Winston 'Fanna' Griffiths, who booted home the Patrick Lynch-trained debutante THE BOMBER (11-1) to an impressive post-to-post victory in the 1500-metre race for native bred three-year-olds on his debut.
The 48-year-old 'Hall of Famer' thus pushed his lifetime tally to 1,559 winners.
