In what is being considered her swansong from racing, Bossalina owned by Deleep Esreepersaud stunned the field in the A Class feature of the New Years Day Horse Race meet at the Rising Sun Turf Club
Watched by a sizable crowd, Bossalina wound back the clock to produce another upset performance in the J’s Supermarket, Jumbo Jet Truck and Auto Sales, 2 Brothers, AJM and Jagdeo Racing Stables sponsored event, beating out strong contenders in Spankhurst and Jhon Bull.
When they left the blocks, Jhon Bull of the Slingerz Racing Stable and Spankhurst of the J’s Racing Stable were neck in neck as they battled for the lead.

However, Bossalina, according to jockey Kishan Pierra bode her time well and was able to capitalise on the tunnel vision of jockey N Patrick (Jhon Bull) and jockey C Ross (Spankhurst) and slip by unanswered.
With three furlongs to go, jockey Pierra called on Bossalina who responded to reel in the five lengths distance on the leaders and by the second to last furlong, took the lead and never looked back, winning by more than three lengths clear of the field.

In his winning Interview, Esreepersaud said, “Bossalina is queen. We were considering retiring her after this race but after this win. We aren’t so sure as yet. We will make a decision in the future.”

Jhon Bull finished second ahead Stormy Victory (Simply Royal Racing Stables/V. Ramnarain) and Beckham James (Nand Persaud Racing Stables/M. Semple)

In the opening race of the day, Striking Distance (owned by Kester Thompson and ridden by Y Kissoonchand) won the L class non winners by some distance over Money Jet (Abdool Zaheed/K. Paul), Three D Movie (Mahaicony Racing Stable/Samuel James) and Chocolate Girl (J. Boyce/R Blakes).
Race two for K class non winners and L class open was won by Money Time (Shocking Racing Stables/N. Abrigo) ahead of Sarkar (Hope Racing Stables/C.Ross) and Princess Samiyah (Duge Sheoraj/ Y. Kissonchand).
Race three, the Three-year-old Guyana and West Indies bred horses had the largest field and it was the Rising Sun’s Storm Bird (C. Ross) crossing the tape comfortably ahead of Irish Eyes (Sherwin Wills/K. Razzak), Perfect Gold (Deonarine Raj/N. Patrick) and Secret Traveller (Brian Kalpoo/Y. Kissoonchand).

A photo finish was required to determine the winner of the fourth race, the J&K class event after stewards could not determine if GT Boss (Kevin Prince) or Haley (Stuart Gonsalves) crossed the line first.
A rider’s inquiry into the initial dead heat (tie) finish revealed that GT Boss with jockey Y. Drepaul aboard inched Haley (C. Ross) with a much easier job placing Top Gun (Zayne Kham/D.Cheefoon) in third ahead of Black Time (Totie Racing Stable/K. Pierra).
Race five for the G2 and lower class was swopped up by the Rising Sun Racing Stables Angry Bird (C. Ross) ahead of Blinding Lights (Leonard Jetto/K. Razzak), Emotional Damage (PHVH Racing Stable/Y. Drepaul) and Stroke of Luck (Justin Hema/K. Paul).