Andrew Ramgeet - FILE
CHESTER, WEST VIRGINIA, (CMC)
JAMAICAN ANDREW RAMGEET rode two winners in two days as Caribbean jockeys seized six wins at Mountaineer Park.
Ramgeet, who is seventh in the standings, boosted his tally of wins for the season to 17 when he coasted to a 12-1/2 length victory in the ninth race aboard the 7-2 second favourite Mazel Dancer.
Ramgeet got his win Tuesday astride the 8-5 favourite Savoya On Ice in the 10th race, scoring by 3-1/4 lengths.
Trinidad and Tobago-born Ossie Pereira scored three victories and his compatriot Ray Ganpath had one win.
On Monday, Ganpath notched his 10th win of the season when he steered the 8-to-1 bet Color Your Eggs to an easy win by 6-1/4 lengths in the second race over six furlongs.
Pereira registered an un-challenged victory in the sixth race, guiding the 6-5 favourite Dale Tree Bay to a 7-3/4 length victory over Ramgeet's mount Jayhawk Janet (5-2).
Pereira, lying third in the joc-keys' standings, pushed the 2-1 favourite Izzies Rose to a 4-3/4 length victory in the Monday's fourth race and also captured the 10th with the 24-1 outsider Renoir Red.
Pereira led the field with Renoir Red and fought off the 6-5 favourite Cody Light to win by one length.
Dana Whitney is leading rider with 51 wins, followed by De-shawn Parker (49), and Pereira (42).
1 Dana Whitney 51 wins
2 Deshawn Parker 49
3 Oswald Pereira 42
4 Rex Stokes 39
5 Scott Spieth 23
6 Chad Murphy 20
7 Andrew Ramgeet 17
8 John Perez 15
9 Tho Nguyen 13
10 Darryl Brinkley 11
11th Ray Ganpath 10.