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Reverse placings throw off Reggae 6 bettors
January 13, 2025
SATURDAY'S Reggae 6 was dominated by horses reversing placings on rivals from recent races, a form players' nightmare, resulting in payouts of $53,947 to winning tickets.
CONUNDRUM walking out of the gate again cost the 4-5 favourite the opening event, failing to catch 7-1 leader, BUZZ ASSAULT, by a length and three-quarter at five and a half furlongs.
BUZZ ASSAULT's lucky break crashed many bets. However, 9-5 chance UNCLE NUB outfinishing 1-2 favourite EQUINOX by a head in the second was always a toss-up between the two speedsters at five and a half furlongs.
SICARIO MAN turning tables on MEDAL AWARD, a popular banker, upended another batch of form players depending on the 1-2 favourite to land the third.
American debutant FRED THE MASTER was everybody's banker in the fourth, walloping rivals to plunder the $1-million BGLC-TOBA Millionaires Series bonus via the $150,000 eligibility-fee route.
POWER RANKING used back class to win the fifth at odds of 9-5, ahead of super-fit BURNING VALOR, a 6-1 choice.
WHIZZ KIDD reversing placings on third-place LION CHARMER in the Reggae 6 closer at a shorter trip, cutting back to seven furlongs, helped pushed the payout past $50,000, reiterating the nuances of varying recovery time between races.
Halledeen, who booted home FRED THE MASTER and WHIZZ KIDD, returned to complete a four-timer astride FORT HALDANE and TITAN TEMPO in races eight and nine.
