associated with the Caribbean.
Photographer Wayne Tippetts
went to Park in Kingston,
Jamaica and found a world full
of characters and stories
1 Three jockeys resting between races
2 Champion jockey Andrew Ranget
3 A winning horse gets a little frisky
4 A winning jockey at the post-race weigh-in
5 The winner leaves the track with the trainer and stable-boy
6 After the race: the course is a dirt-track which is watered after each race
7 Following the race
8 Excitement in the grandstand
9 By the track in the cheapest area: a successful punter walks away making the sign of the gun, a frequent response to extremes of emotion in Jamaica
10 In one of the special boxes, a leading businessman watches the race surrounded by his family
11 Below the stand
12 Couples resting between races
13 A leading trainer Eileen Cligott, originally from Cheltenham in England, accompanies an owner with his horse. She is known as the 'Iron Lady" because she has had many hip and joint replacements
14 Two Trainers discuss form in the parade ring
15 Bottle boys who make a few dollars collecting empty bottles. They sometimes bet on races
16 A retired jockey who now leads out the horses at the racecourse. He is placing a bet on an international race in the jockeys' rest area