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Horse racing, for all its glory, is an unforgiving sport. The margins are cruel, the conditions unpredictable, and fate often plays its hand with merciless precision.
Few know this better than Calvin Bailey, whose 2026 season has been defined not by triumph but by heartbreak that has touched the racing public deeply.
On Thursday, August 6, in the Jamaica Derby aboard Maverick, Bailey delivered what the racing commentator aptly called “the surprise of the party”.
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