Orville Clarke, Freelance Writer
SEATTLE'S GIRL, flashing her tail with restless abandon, is pushed out by champion jockey Brian Harding to get the better of long-time leader DIGI N' JIGGY (Ameth Robles) to win the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup feature over 1600 metres, in a driving finish, at Caymanas Park on Saturday. Installed at a 2-5 favourite in a field of seven, SEATTLE'S GIRL is owned by Howard Hamilton and trained by Dwight Chen. - RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
THE PICK-9 eluded punters at Caymanas Park on Saturday for the third consecutive raceday and the carryover to tomorrow's race meet is $1.3 million.
Two punters with eight of nine winners won attractive consolation prizes, each receiving $60,470. With the pot beginning to grow, tomorrow's Pick-9 could offer a payout in the region of $2 million, if caught.
The mid-week card comprises only nine races, hence the Pick-9 will be conducted on all. Meanwhile, despite mild upsets by COMMON 'D' at 9-1 in the sixth race and TROPICAL DREAMER at 6-1 in the 10th, both confined to conditional $160,000 claimers, both Super-6s were caught due to the large number of favourites unsaddled in the winners' enclosure.
The first Super-6 saw the first three races going to JET POWER, INSATIABLE and MAKE THEM LAFF, all odds-on-favourites. The 5-2 second favourite RUCKUS won the fourth and was indeed lucky to keep the race following a lengthy Stewards' inquiry, while howling favourite PURE MUD romped the fifth to keep the Super-6 massive smiling.
However, COMMON 'D' emerged from the doldrums to crash the party in the sixth, yet the Super-6 paid only $3,606.00 owing to the presence of the four short-priced favourites.
The second Super-6 saw 15 punters with all six, each pocketing $52,025.00.
TROPICAL DREAMER, who scored a decisive but long overdue win, stumped the majority, while the 4-1 shots CIRCLE DROME and GI DEM A RUN did further damage to form players.
In the closing race for maiden three-year-olds, the Gary Subratie-trained GI DEM A RUN completed a three-timer for champion jockey Brian Harding who has taken over sole leadership of the championship race with 44 winners - two ahead of Charles Hussey who also rode three winners.
Hussey is joint second with Wesley 'Callaloo' Henry on 42, followed by Trevor Simpson, 41. 'Slicer' Simpson did not ride on Saturday.
