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United States-bred four-year-old mare, THE GOOD WITCH, looks set to win her first race at Caymanas Park on Sunday in the ninth of 10 events scheduled, a restricted overnight allowance at seven furlongs for horses who have never won at the level.

THE GOOD WITCH’s form, beaten three times in July by runners now campaigning higher in open allowance/graded stakes, SHE’S A WONDER, SHE’S MY DESTINY and third behind LURE OF LUCY, should play true against lesser rivals.

The winner of a claiming event at Woodbine, Canada in September, THE GOOD WITCH gets her easiest assignment for a sixth local start.

Dick Cardenas has been retained by trainer Adin William.

Jason DaCosta’s MINIATURE MAN and Richard Azan’s ARTESIA appear to be THE GOOD WITCH’s main rivals. However, since returning from a 10-month lay-up in May, MINIATURE MAN has not been able to reproduce the form that saw him completing a hat-trick of wins in last year’s 2000 Guineas.

Reporting at top-weight of 126lbs, MINIATURE MAN would have preferred at least an extra half-furlong to collar THE GOOD WITCH, who was well clear of the rest in her last race behind SHE’S A WONDER.

Though a useful run-on sprinter, ARTESIA appears a bit stretched out at seven furlongs, plus she is only three pounds lighter than THE GOOD WITCH, sitting too close to a foreigner who has won abroad.

First post is noon.

CAYMANAS PARK TIPS – SUNDAY, AUGUST 28

Race 1 – 1000m Rd

One Like It (7)

Race 2 – 1400m

Bruce Wayne (1)

Race 3 -1000m St

K. D. Rocket (1)

—-Race 4 – 1000m Rd

Quanna (7)

Race 5 – 1000m Rd

Code of Conduct (1)

Race 6 -1400m

Avenging Angel (4)

Race 7 – 1100m

Smarty Tradition (1)

Race 8 – 1300m

Yellowstone (1)

Race 9 – 1400m

The Good Witch (7)

Race 10 – 1400m

Unruly Boss (10)

BETS OF THE DAY

Race 8 – 1300m

Yellowstone (1)

Race 9 – 1400m

The Good Witch (7)

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In a statement issued today, August 18, the UPP says the Browne Administration “has amassed the highest number of failed projects under any government in the history of Antigua and Barbuda – likely the poorest track record in the world.”

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Among the other stillborn developments are the Paradise Found and Armand Hotels on Barbuda and the US$300 million hotel and conference centre by an unnamed investor from Holland.

The full list of projects that have failed to materialize can be found on the UPP’s social media pages.

Meanwhile, Political Leader Harold Lovell says, “It is clear … that the Administration is either failing to attract the right kind of investors or failing to properly nurture investments which have the potential for success.”

Further, Lovell says, the Administration’s refusal to cooperate with the experts at the Antigua Barbuda Investment Authority has contributed to its litany of failures.

If even a quarter of these projects had found success, he says, the country would have been more resilient in its post-pandemic recovery.

Prime Minister Browne, himself, has acknowledged that the country is in an unemployment crisis.

During the 2021 Budget Presentation, Browne, the Minister of Finance, said that “figures from the Social Security Scheme indicate a decline of nearly 40 per cent in the number of contributors.”

He added that this translated to about 11,000 fewer employed persons than at the start of 2020.

“The rapidly growing list of failed projects confirms that the ALP Administration is incapable of reducing unemployment and providing adequate jobs for the thousands of school-leavers and returning graduates,” the UPP’s statement concludes.

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