PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Prominent regional racehorse owner Bernard Dulal-Whiteway died Saturday after a long battle with cancer.

He was 62 years old.

Dulal-Whiteway raced horses in his native Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica, and his successes include triumphs in the Trinidad and Tobago Derby and Gold Cup events.

Owner of the Jamaica-bred 2007 Trinidad and Tobago Horse of the Year, Swing By, Dulal-Whiteway achieved Derby victories with New Millennium in 2000 and the Jamaica-bred Border Dispute in 2005.

New Millennium also won the Trinidad and Tobago Gold Cup in 2001.

Dulal-Whiteway was also a part owner of the American-bred Little Wasp, which races out of the barn of champion trainer Wayne DaCosta in Jamaica. The other joint owners are Elizabeth DaCosta, Winston Kong and Raymond Rousseau.

second highest honour

A chartered accountant, Dulal-Whiteway was chief executive officer of Neal & Massy Ltd.

At the 2008 Independence Day Awards, he received the Chaconia Medal (Gold), the nation's second highest honour for "long and meritorious service to Trinidad and Tobago" in business.

In Jamaica, the Directors, management and staff of Caymanas Track Limited issued a release expressing regret at Dulal-Whiteway's death.

"This is a tremendous loss for the thoroughbred racing industry as Bernard Dulal-Whiteway was a pioneer in purchasing and owning horses locally, as well as purchasing horses in Jamaica for export to Trinidad. He will be sadly missed," the release said.