We Jammin to capture Jamaica 2-Y-O Stakes

FRIDAY's Boxing Day meet has a Reggae 6 mandatory payout, opening at $6.35 million after contrasting dividends last weekend.

Unlike WARSAW's 37-1 upset, which turned Saturday's Reggae 6 on its head at the fourth race, resulting in a $64,825 Reggae 6 payout, Sunday's bet returned $27,652.

The toughest race on Friday's mandatory payout day is the second event in which no fewer than five runners should be carried, MR LYNDHURST, WEARYOURHONIR, DONALMIGHTY, ESUSE ME GOODBYE ad BIG GUY IN THESKY.

Friday's feature, the Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes, appears open on paper, However, WE JAMMIN, a stubborn winner on debut under Omar Walker, rallying under a hand ride against the rail to outfinsh SENOR BISCOTTI, returns with lasix administered, making Peter-John Parsard's runner the horse to beat.

Sired by hot Bern Identity, whose classic-winning offsprings include She's A Wonder, Crown Chaser, Blue Vinyl and Gold Cup-winner She's My Destiny, as well as grade two-winners Brinks, Perfect Brew and Secret Identity, WE JAMMIN making a winning debut at seven furlongs points to class and his connections' confidence.

SENOR BISCOTTI went off as the 1-5 favourite, seemingly begging a distance of ground after three prior runs, all sprints, getting closer with each furlong added, the last being a six-furlong race in which he had finished fourth, two lengths behind Anthony Nunes' TIA MARIA.

However, WE JAMMIN not only made his own pace, attacking from his wide draw to grab the lead entering the lane white far-striding SENOR BISCOTTI wound up for a late kick swooping down under a vigorous ride to eyeball at the top of the straight.

Seemingly full of running on the outside, SENOR BISCOTTI headed off WE JAMMIN a furlong and a half out. However, Walker's switch to left-handed whipping conjured a strong rail rally from WE JAMMIN.

Riding in tight quarters along the rail, Walker had to shelve the whip inside the final half-furlong, ensuring he did not trigger a disqualification for drifting into SENOR BISCOTTI's path.

SENOR BISCOTTI returns for the rematch with blinkers fitted, suggesting Richard Azan believes his runner might have idled in the stretch run. Bebeto Harvey replacing Dane Dawkins signals a bustling rider has been called in to get SENOR BISCOTTI rolling earlier.

However, WE JAMMIN getting it right the first time of asking is definitely a plus in his favour, bolstered by lasix and Parsard's knack of getting runners to report far improved in their second innings at the wicket.

Gary Subratie's SALUTE THE DON, Dawkins mount, clocked a faster time at seven furlongs when beaten by United States-bred SIR DON on November 29, holding second in 1:29.0 behind the winner's out-of-class 1:26.1.

Also a winner on debut, clocking 37.1 at three furlongs straight when beating FIDELITY and MAYBELLE, SALUTE THE DON has trained well, five and a half furlongs in 1:09.3, a good prep gallop by Subratie's standards for keeping cards close to his chest.

Nunes FERNANDO wasn't far behind in third, two and a half lengths off runner-up SALUTE THE DON, another runner who appears improved at exercise after clocking 1:15.3 for six furlongs out the mile chute.

However, FERNANDO is up 17lb at the scale, making his job of turning tables on SALUTE THE DON rather difficult.

REGGAE 6

Race 1: 4

Race 2: 2, 3, 4, 5 7

Race 3: 6

Race 4: 9

Race 5: 7

Race 6: 5

TOTAL: $50

TWILIGHT 6

Race 6: 5

Race 7: 5

Race 8: 8

Race 9: 1

Race 10: 6

Race 11: 4

TOTAL: $10