Bank on Donalmighty, Muzzo

August 22, 2024
ANTARCTICA,  ridden by Shane Richardson winning the eighth race, The Caymanas Park 65th Anniversary Trophy, over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday.
ANTARCTICA, ridden by Shane Richardson winning the eighth race, The Caymanas Park 65th Anniversary Trophy, over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday.

START Saturday's Reggae 6 confidently with consecutive bankers DONALMIGHTY and MUZZO, horses who should win their respective races if they report with fitness to match back class.

DONALMIGHTY is down in class on a $400,000 claim tag after placing second to speedy STORM A COME at five and a half furlongs on July 27. DONALMIGHTY pointed a furlong out, but out-of-class STORM A COME rallied to win the $550,000 claiming event by two lengths.

Claimed for $400,000 by Dave Girod as an eight-length winner on May 23, DONALMIGHTY returns to the scene of the crime, almost a winner without a penalty with leading rider Tevin Foster called in at five and a half furlongs.

Similarly, MUZZO returning three weeks after being scratched at the gate appears sound as a bell at exercise, striding five furlongs in 1:06.3 last Monday. Should MUZZO report in the form that he lost by three-quarter length to TRAVELLER'S LODGE a month ago, the five-year-old will be a lonely winner at six and a half furlongs with Aaron Chatrie.

Take no such chances with the third event in which any of LEGAL BOMB, SALUD, AKA STORM and RHOSA THE WARIOR could strike.

In the fourth, EMPEROROFTHECATS is the class horse on a $1 million claim tag at the trip he loves best. However, VOLATILITY, another course specialist, might be up in class but has the track bias in his favour, making both runners inseparable on paper.

The fifth should also be a two-horse race in which ATOMICA is again being ganged by stablemates MAMMA MIA and FUNCAANDUN. Whereas MAMMA MIA will be the sacrificial lamb, FUNCAANDUN has never won at the trip and has picked up 17lb, giving classy ATOMICA a look-in even though she will be under pressure with topweight 126lb from the word go.

Gang the sixth event without hesitation. A full field of three-year-old maidens in August can throw a curve ball at even the most astute of punters.

JIMMIE

REGGAE 6

Race 1: 8

Race 2: 2

Race 3: 1, 4, 5, 6

Race 4: 1, 9

Race 5: 3, 4

Race 6: 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16

TOTAL: $960

TWILIGHT 6

Race 4: 1, 9

Race 5: 3, 4

Race 6: 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16

Race 7: 1, 2, 9, 10

Race 8: 1, 2, 6, 8, 11

Race 9: 11

TOTAL: $4,800

BONUS BETS

KETCH 9

Race 1: 8

Race 2: 2

Race 3: 1, 4, 5, 6

Race 4: 1, 9

Race 5: 3, 4

Race 6: 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16

Race 7: 1, 2, 9, 10

Race 8: 1, 2, 6, 8, 11

Race 9: 11

TOTAL: $720

BEST THREE

Race 1: Don Almighty

Race 2: Muzzo

Race 9: Undisclosdlocation

OUTSIDER:

Race 8: California Gold

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