SKYRIZI upset rockets Reggae 6 payout above $1M

CLAIMING rider Shaheem Gordon's stunning 19-1 victory aboard SKYRIZI, nailing 2-1 chance TALONA stealing home with champion jockey Raddesh Roman at five and a half furlongs, pushed yesterday's Reggae 6 payout to a staggering $1,092,979.

Similar to how he had closed Saturday's programme with 21-1 shocker PROUDEST VISION, crashing Twilight 6 tickets, Gordon sent Reggae 6 bettors into an early tailspin, which got worse in the next two races.

RED THIRTYTWO won the second at 6-1 ahead of 17-1 outsider CODE RED, leaving 2-5 favourite PASSION AND BEYOND closing tamely for third in the six-furlong sprint for three-year-old maidens.

Gordon returned to land the third event aboard Jason DaCosta's STARAURA, one of two winners for the champion trainer whose MISS MONEYPENNY made all in the seventh against non-winners of four races at five and a half furlongs, a victory which graduates her to overnight allowance.

The Five-Star mandatory payout, races three to eight, returned $38,013, dwarfed by the one, which was enriched by SKYRIZI's upset. Reggae 6 bettors will be chasing a single-winner bonus of $12m when racing continues on Saturday.

Meanwhile, SHE'S THAT GIRL won the Trevor 'Slicer' Simpson Trophy by almost a dozen lengths, clocking a fast 59.4 at five furlongs round, completing back-to-back overnight allowance victories in 15 days.

Considered a classic contender in 2024 before finishing down the track in the Jamaica Oaks, SHE'S THAT GIRL returned to win three of four sprint races that season before going off on a four-month break, re-emerging in April 2025 with a dismal effort among overnight-allowance runners.

Laid-up for 10 months, SHE'S THAT GIRL started her 2026 campaign with a sixth-place finish at five furlongs straight, February 7, before a five-and-a-half length win on March 1 signalled trainer Steven Todd had her in peak form.

Partnered by lightweight claiming rider Tajay Suckoo, five-year-old SHE'S THAT GIRL shot out of the gate at odds of 1-2, outclassing TEFLON DON, who chased in vain.

Having won two overnight-allowance sprints, SHE'S THAT GIRL will next face open-allowance (grade two) rivals most of whom are Americans.