The John O'Brien trained Mak­ing Head­lines won the fea­ture event for West In­dies bred three-year-olds and over, go­ing over a dis­tance of 1,750 me­tres in work­man­like fash­ion at San­ta Rosa Park, Ari­ma, yes­ter­day.

The 1/9 favourite was rid­den with more re­straint by jock­ey Bri­an Boodram­s­ing.

When the starter sent the field on its way the Harold Chadee trained Prince of Belle­vue was sent straight to the front by Ki­mal San­to. He was tracked by One Fortheroad fol­lowed by Desert Dancer with Set Sail in fourth, Evening Jew­el fifth and Mak­ing Head­lines, sixth.

Go­ing down the back, Prince of Belle­vue opened a 10-length gap on the field as Boodram­s­ing moved Mak­ing Head­lines in­to a threat­en­ing joint-sec­ond po­si­tion with One Fortheroad. The Chadee pair of Evening Jew­el and Set Sail closed on Desert Dancer.

At the far turn, Prince of Belle­vue be­gan to come back to the field and Mak­ing Head­lines moved in­to sec­ond as One Fortheroad came un­der pres­sure. Desert Dancer was now joined by Set Sail as the race be­gan to un­fold.

In­side the fi­nal 300m, Mak­ing Head­lines took up the run­ning from Prince of Belle­vue and Set Sail be­gan to come home with pur­pose. How­ev­er, though Set Sail stayed on well, Mak­ing Head­lines was not for catch­ing. He record­ed a one-and-half length vic­to­ry in the time of 1:53.0. Third past the post was Prince of Belle­vue and One For the road was fourth.

The day's rid­ing ho­n­ours were shared be­tween Boodram­s­ing and David Butch­er. Train­ing ho­n­ours for the day were al­so shared be­tween Har­ri­ram Gob­in and Ramesh Ram­roop.

Next rac­ing day is East­er Mon­day (April 22) when the Cham­pagne Stakes and Chief Com­man­der Stakes will be spon­sored by Chan Ram­lal Ltd.