Big money in Little at Durbanville

Jack Milner

Bettors are faced with a competitive nine-race card at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday so finding bankers for exotic bets does not look a simple task.

However, Lucinda Woodruff-trained Victor Hugo ought to find the target in Race 5, an Open Maiden over 1400m.

People may forget that Chad Little was a champion apprentice in his early years and he has been riding very well since recently returning to the saddle. He should deliver the goods in the opening leg of Jackpot 1.

This Danon Platina gelding has finished second in two of his last three starts, including his latest when a beaten odds-on favourite over the same distance at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

The decision to equip the three-year-old gelding with blinkers for the first time needn't unlock much (if any) improvement from Victor Hugo, who Little rides for the first time, an opportunity he's unlikely to pass up.

On the trainers' front, Candice Bass-Robinson can notch up another victory with Trippi's Silk in Race 7, a Class 5 Handicap over 1250m.

The four-year-old gelding deserves a change of luck after back-to-back recent seconds and, given the 1kg swing in his favour, Aldo Domeyer's mount should turn the tables on last-start conqueror Tambourine Man.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 2 Undercover Lover, 6 Dawn's Early Light, 9 Keep Happy, 1 Ocean Sky

Race 2: 6 Future Turn, 4 Rich Folks Hoax, 5 Let It Be Said, 2 Fatal Gem

Race 3: 5 Better Man, 4 Supposeyou'Veheard, 9 Rockaroundtheclock, 7 Lady Blunt

Race 4: 1 Gimmeathrill, 8 Tripping Thunder, 4 Heritage Ridge, 5 Sugarbush

Race 5: 4 Victor Hugo, 8 Future Frequency, 11 Show Off, 7 Chasingtherainbow

Race 6: 5 Beneath The Clouds, 7 Ocotillo, 1 Kleinzee, 4 Wehaveasituation

Race 7: 6 Trippi's Silk, 1 Tambourine Man, 7 True Horizon, 5 Augusta Blue

Race 8: 3 Miss World, 2 Callmegetrix, 5 African Prince, 10 Kelp Forest

Race 9: 11 Tanneron, 6 Girl Like Us, 5 Royal Lytham, 4 Jou Lekker Ding

BEST BET

Race 5: 4 Victor Hugo

VALUE BET

Race 4: 1 Gimmeathrill

BEST SWINGER

Race 4 1x8

BIPOT

R108

Leg 1: 4, 5, 6

Leg 2: 4, 5, 9

Leg 3: 1, 8

Leg 4: 4

Leg 5: 1, 5, 7

Leg 6: 1, 6

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R162

Leg 1: 4, 5, 9

Leg 2: 1, 8

Leg 3: 4

Leg 4: 1, 5, 7

Leg 5: 6

Leg 6: 2, 3, 5

Leg 7: 5, 6, 11

PICK 6

R720

Leg 1: 1, 4, 8

Leg 2: 4

Leg 3: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9

Leg 4: 1, 6, 7

Leg 5: 2, 3, 5, 10

Leg 6: 4, 5, 6, 11

JACKPOT 1

R60

Leg 1: 4

Leg 2: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9

Leg 3: 1, 6, 7

Leg 4: 2, 3, 5, 10

JACKPOT 2

R240

Leg 1: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9

Leg 2: 1, 6, 7

Leg 3: 2, 3, 5, 10

Leg 4: 4, 5, 6, 11