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Beautiful Moon shines on rough day for Reggae 6 bankers
December 02, 2024
BEAUTIFUL MOON, who won at odds of 5-1, beating 7-5 favourite, EMPRESSINTHEBREEZE, was the longest shot on Saturday's Reggae 6, which returned $18,389 to winning tickets on a testy day for bankers.
HAVAJOY landing the second event at 3-1, getting the better of 1-2 favourite, PRINCESS CATALEYA, would have sent many bets crashing, worsened by 3-5 fancy UNRULY MO finishing last in the third won by 8-5 chance UNSPUN.
Though the first three races were not won by longshots, confidence in the losing favourites, especially UNRULY MO, who was blazing the exercise track for his debut in the Mr Sensational, Race 3, Series 2, of the BGLC-TOBA Millionaires Series, put an end to many bets midway the Reggae 6.
United States-bred UNSPUN charged forward under Christopher Mamdeen to collar local-bred BURNING HEDGE, bagging a $2 million bonus.
UNSPUN beat local-bred BURNING HEDGE by two and a half lengths, clocking 1:27.0 for seven furlongs in the open two-year-old event, his second consecutive victory in four starts.
UNSPUN had forced a $1 million carryover to Mr Sensational when cruising as a bonus-ineligible winner by almost nine lengths on November 2.
One of four runners in the six-horse field, who did not come under the hammer at last year's TOBA Mixed Sale but made eligible for the $2 million bonus by way of a $150,000 eligibility fee, UNSPUN survived a stewards' enquiry after making contact with another supplemented entry, Richard Azan's DANKA, while both were about to challenge leader BURNING HEDGE in the stretch run.
Raddesh Roman won the fourth astride 4-5 favourite STORM VALLEY, a huge relief to form players, and also the leading rider, who later moved three clear of challenger Tevin Foster by closing his two-timer aboard 4-1 chance TIFFANY BLU in the Jamaica Jockeys' Agents Trophy event at six furlongs.
PRINCE DOMINICK, an impressive winner among $250,000 claimers in his previous race at six furlongs, pressed the replay button at the exact level and trip in the fifth.
DREAM TO REALITY won the sixth at 2-1, no surprise after chasing home GOLDEN LAWYER in his previous race, sending a $16.7 million single-winner bonus to Saturday's Mouttet Mile day.
