Money Market claims Reggae Month Trophy
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WHIZZ KIDD (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the seven-furlong nightpan ahead of RANI BANGALA (Tevin Foster) at long odds 67-1 at Caymanas Park yesterday.
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MONEY MARKET (right), ridden by Dane Dawkins, wins the five-furlong straight Reggae Month Trophy in a zippy 57.2 at Caymanas Park yesterday.
MONEY MARKET closed fast on the stands’ side to overhaul lightweight MIGHTY GULLY stealing home in yesterday’s Reggae Month Trophy at five furlongs straight, completing a second consecutive win since finishing second to Florida invader OF A REVOLUTION in the grade-one Bruceonthellose Sprint on Mouttet Mile Day, December 6 last year.
An impressive winner on Boxing Day, beating overnight-allowance runners at six and a half furlongs, super-fit MONEY MARKET was drawn best with Dane Dawkins on the faster stands’ side.
Running against open-allowance company, MONEY MARKET clocked 57.2, a victory which graduates the six-year-old to grade one, franking his Bruceontheloose form.
In contrast, United States-bred OF A REVOLUTION, a strong winner of the Bruceontheloose on his local debut, failed for a third consecutive race to show the speed which he had used to dismiss fellow American DESERT OF MALIBU, before finishing two lengths clear of MONEY MARKET closing from off the pace.
MONEY MARKET won at odds of 2-1 with Dawkins, who joined Raddesh Roman on 11 winners atop the jockeys’ standings, notching his seventh winner in three meets following last Saturday’s five-timer.
Robert Halledeen opened and closed the 10-race card with contrasting winners, coming from behind aboard Jason DaCosta’s 3-5 favourite, LONDON SPIRIT, later sending home punters muttering to themselves after striking in the nightpan with 67-1 stunner WHIZZ KIDD, who reversed more than a year of dismal form to send bets crashing.
Running the rail from post-position one, six-year-old WHIZZ KIDD turned for home sixth behind RANI BANGALA, who fought off multiple challenges from WHISKY, ANTARCTICA, ABILITY and MILOS down the backstretch.
Surging forward inside the last half-furlong, WHIZZ KIDD caught RANI BANGALA close home, crashing surviving Twilight 6 and Ketch 9 tickets, resulting in five-of-six and eight-of-nine payouts, $22,941 and $246,247.50, respectively.
The Twilight 6 carryover to Ash Wednesday’s meet stands at $4.1 million, a bumper day for Pick 6 players with the Reggae 6 poised for a massive mandatory payout, starting at a single-winner bonus of $20.7 million.