Shauna-Kay Hinds targets owners' title after Bob The Builder's Caymanas win

Horse racing remains a sport in which men hold most of the space, but several women continue to make their presence felt. Among them is Shauna-Kay Hinds, the owner behind O&S Racers, whose colours were back in the spotlight at Caymanas Park on Saturday, May 16, 2026.

Hinds had plenty reason to celebrate after Bob The Builder captured the second event on the card. The race was a Restricted Allowance III for native-bred horses aged four and older who had not won four races, along with imported four-year-olds and upward who had not won three, going 7 1/2 furlongs, or 1,500 metres.

With two-time defending champion jockey Raddesh Roman aboard, Bob The Builder held off Star Quest, ridden by Robert Halledeen, and Thousand Treasures, partnered by Dane Dawkins. The winning margin was three-quarters of a length, and the final time was 1:33.4, after splits of 24.1, 47.1 and 1:12.2.

For Hinds, the result carried more weight than a routine walk into the winner’s enclosure. It gave her a sense that the horse had answered an earlier question and moved her operation a little closer to the standard she wants.

“I am very elated,” Hinds said after the race. “I think there’s some justification in this win in that we had a race earlier and I was really looking forward to him beating certain horses in that race and he met up back with them this time and he did put down a show and I am happy for that,” she told the Jamaica Observer’s The Supreme Racing Guide.

Hinds did not arrive in racing by chance. The sport has surrounded her for more than 20 years through her husband, Oneil, who also owns horses.

“Well, my husband has been in horse racing for over 25 years and, you know, he loves it and naturally I became a part of it as well,” she explained. “It was probably a few years ago that I decided that I wanted my own owner syndicate and so that’s how I got involved,” she added.

What began as being around the business soon grew into a deeper attachment. Hinds said she enjoys spending time with the horses, going to the stables, and watching the work that goes into preparing them. For her, winning is the bonus on top of that involvement.

Like most owners, she has already had to take both the good and the painful parts of the sport. Bob The Builder’s progress gives her pride, but Incredible Jo remains the horse she remembers most strongly.

“It has been so much from him [Bob The Builder] coming up but since me owning the horses, I think Incredible Jo was one of the biggest horses and so sad that he passed,” she said. “We had high hopes for him but unfortunately it is all a part of the game but I think he was one of the best horses we had,” she further said.

Those setbacks have not reduced her target. O&S Racers are currently third in the owners’ championship, with eight victories from five winning horses and stakes earnings of $5,300,300.

Carlton Watson leads the standings with 10 wins from nine winning horses and $11,963,457 in stakes. Oakridge Farms are ahead of O&S Racers in second, with seven wins from five winning horses and $6,472,450 earned.

“I want to be a champion owner, definitely. Right now I am third in the owners’ championship, you know, we don’t have the materials to say alright we are the champion owner this year but eventually we will get there one day,” Hinds said.

Her approach is measured. Hinds said O&S Racers will keep moving race by race, knowing that success in the game often depends on finding the right horse.

“We are taking it one day at a time. Sometimes it is not just getting a horse, but it is getting that special one and so we are looking for that special one,” she noted.