Anderson triple wrecks Reggae 6

FLYWEIGHT claiming rider, Jaheim Anderson, again took a wrecking ball to form players' selections, booting home the most unlikely of three consecutive upsetters, which closed Saturday's Reggae 6, triggering a windfall $743,362 for winning tickets.

Two-time defending champion jockey Raddesh Roman booted home two of the first three Reggae 6 winners, opening the programme astride 7-2 chance TIFFANY BLUE, returning to land the third aboard 3-5 favourite SENOR BISCOTTI, before the storm started at the fourth.

Champion trainer Jason DaCosta had landed the second, 9-5 chance PRINCE ROY with Tevin Foster aboard, setting the tone for what appeared to be a day of calm waters.

Gary Subratie's American, THOUSAND TREASURES, a strong maiden winner two races prior, landed a 9-1 gamble against local-breds in the fourth, non-winners of three races, after going through the motions behind compatriot AMERICAN INVADER in his previous event.

Whereas THOUSAND TREASURES was always a possibility against local-breds, TOTAL VELOCITY's 8-1 stunner in the fifth left form players scouring their Track and Pools for clues long after the five-furlong straight event was declared official.

Passing the winning post a distance behind in all but one of her last 10 races, TOTAL VELOCITY surprisingly showed speed with Anderson, literally making all to hold off CHASING MY DREAM.

Anderson maintained joint second in the jockeys' standings with Foster, moving to six winners with TOTAL VELOCITY, his latest upset victory following his January 10 three-timer, which included 6-1 and 11-1 winners, JOYFUL SURPRISE and GELROY, respectively.

PRINCE MARSHALL using back class to chase down STORM A COME, landing the sixth at odds of 5-1, was no real tremor for seasoned punters, who would have known better than to leave the eight-year-old off their bets in the scrappy $350,000 claiming event.

Meanwhile, Mouttet Mile Day's Bruceontheloose Sprint winner, seven-year-old Florida-invader OF A REVOLUTION, flopped for the second consecutive race this season, outsprinted by fellow American PACK PLAYS in the Eileen Cliggott Memorial at six and a half furlongs.

Seemingly destined for a season as a crack grade-one sprinter after humbling DESERT OF MALIBU in the December 6 Bruceontheloose, clocking 1:19.2 at six and a half furlongs, OF A REVOLUTION hit his first speed bump on New Year's Day, finishing second to GIRVANO in the Miracle Man Cup, followed by yesterday's loss, outsped by PACK PLAYS.

Refitted with biners and tongue-tie added, five-year-old PACK PLAYS, who had taken his chances in the Mouttet Mile for a crack at US$300,000 but was chased off the lead in back-to-back races by runner-up LEGACY ISLE, revelled out front with the pace eased, leading DIGITAL LIGHT in moderate splits of 24.0 and 47.2 for the first half-mile.

Spinning into the lane with DIGITAL ONE chasing on his outside and OF A REVOLUTION running the rail after improving into third past SUPREMASI, PACK PLAYS, who was third a furlong out in the Mouttet Mile behind winner RIDEALLDAY and LEGACY ISLE, reproduced that form to win by two and a half lengths, eased close home by Christopher Mamdeen at odds of 2-1.

Racing continues February 7-8, the first dual meet of the new season.