HORSE RACING-BARBADOS-Crawford, Bynoe taste success at Woodbine.

Two Barbadian jockeys at contrasting points of their career tasted victories on Thursday's eight-race card at Woodbine.

Veteran rider Juan Crawford, 44, captured race four with 6-1 choice Souper Cop, beating the three-year-old and upward maidens in a six furlong sprint.

Meanwhile, inexperienced campaigner Desean Bynoe, 20, snatched race five over six furlongs with 19-1 outsider Contagiouslaughter, edging the two-year-old maiden fillies.

Crawford has won 16 times from 141 starts this season while the 20-year-old Bynoe, better known for his recent exploits at Century Mile since arriving in Canada two years ago, has won seven times in 118 outings.

Legendary Barbadian Patrick Husbands is the highest placed Caribbean rider with 45 wins from 220 rides, well adrift of leader Kazushi Kimura who has posted 99 wins from 505 appearances.

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