Ride carefully in Reggae 6 opener

TAKE no chances with Sunday's Reggae 6 opener for $200,000 claimers. Do not attempt to play remote vet. Spread bets by using five selections - NINA DORADA, NUTTIN BUT TROUBLE, GALWAY BAY, MR LYNDHURST and ESUSE ME GOODBY - to ensure a winning start for a shot at the jackpot.

ADIRA, on paper, should easily make all in the second event for four-year-olds, non-winners of two races. However, a horse coming off a six-month lay-up in what could be a padded field raises serious flags, red ones, signalling the better-safe-than-sorry 'all' button.

BOLD MOVE and STORM make for good bankers in the third and fourth, respectively. Though Gary Subratie's insistence to avoid claiming riders often cost him, BOLD MOVE is simply the quickest at five and a half furlongs.

STORM outbattled CRIMSON on last at the exact trip of seven and a half furlongs. Lennis Shim has responded by calling in a claiming jockey, giving his runner a nine-pound advantage. However, STORM's back-class appears superior plus Adrian Prince's runners are always in tip-top shape.

HAIL THE QUEEN leading MACK AND ROME, BRENDA BOY and company last Saturday proved her August 16 shocker at 21-1, beating WICKED CASSIE at a mile, was no fluke. WICKED CASSIE should frank the form in the fifth at seven and a half furlongs.

However, CROWN CHASER, last year's Jamaica Derby winner, was only a neck behind WICKED CASSIE, second run off a one-year lay-up, making him a dangerous contender, who must be on every bet.

Close the Reggae 6 by banking PRIMO SUPREMA in a fillies-only at five-furlong straight dash after being outsped behind PLATINUM PRINCESS a furlong shorter on last.

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REGGAE 6

Race 1: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9

Race 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Race 3: 3

Race 4: 4

Race 5: 8, 13

Race 6: 11

TOTAL: $600

TWILIGHT 6

Race 4: 4

Race 5: 8, 13

Race 6: 11

Race 7: 1, 3, 7, 9

Race 8: 2, 4, 7, 8

Race 9: 2, 8

TOTAL: $640

BONUS BETS

KWIK 4

Race 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Race 3: 3

Race 4: 4

Race 5: 8, 13

TOTAL: $480

STRIKE 4

Race 6: 11

Race 7: 1, 3, 7, 9

Race 8: 2, 4, 7, 8

Race 9: 2, 8

TOTAL: $1,280

BEST THREE

Race 3: Bold Move

Race 4: Storm

Race 6: Primo Suprema

OUTSIDER:

Race 7: Queen Latepha