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Reggae 6 opener a knotty affair
May 02, 2025
TAKE absolutely no chances with Saturday's Reggae 6 opener, a knotty blink-sprint at three and a half furlongs for $200,000 claimers, the type of race that form players need not waste time trying to decipher.
Save precious time which should be spent finding a banker in a readable race by pressing the 'all' button on the settlers in the opening event, horses whose performances are largely dictated by the vet, not trainers.
Bankers make or break exotic bets such as the Reggae 6. One such possible banker is UNRULY DUDE in the second at six furlongs.
UNRULY DUDE proved on last that he will always be tough to beat among mid-level claimers, producing a burst of speed to collar SPECIAL GIFT and CAPUCCINO in a three-way photo finish at five furlongs round.
United States-bred MAIN MISTRESS is also a possible banker in the third at a mile. Though facing last year's Jamaica Derby third-placed CAPTAIN SPARROW, MAIN MISTRESS has the pace to dictate and get away from the local-bred, who will be caught too far behind a foreigner increasing speed in the stretch run.
SHOOTING STAR might appear appealing in the fourth at nine furlongs and 25 yards, but returns quickly after being strung out by HOTBRED SCAMMER at a mile on Easter Monday.
Though he's the horse to beat, on paper, SHOOTING STAR might very well be a middle-distance specialist, as opposed to a two-turn horse.
Hence, course-specialists KAYLYN MELODY and KING PIYE must be used to complement SHOOTING STAR at nine furlongs and 25 yards.
SIR JOHN and GREEN GOLD RUSH are inseparable in the fifth after their close finish at the trip on last.
Close the Reggae 6 as it started by treating maiden three-year-olds as the strangers they are by using PROLIFIC PRINCE, UNCLE BABA, HE'S SENSATIONAL, ALCHEMY OF SOULS, SLAM SHARP, STAR QUEST and NEBUCHADNEZZAR as a safety net.
