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Candice set for early Durbanville strike

August 2025

Jack Milner

We are back at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Wednesday so remember that all races are run around the turn and draws often play a major role in the outcome of races.

Candice Bass could be the trainer to follow at the course today as she has some promising runners and a number of them are well drawn.

Perhaps her best chance will come up in  Race 3 where she sends out Beach Verse and Given To Fly in another Maiden Plate for fillies and mares, this time over 1500m.

Beach Verse is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Beach Bomb and finished 1.25-lengths ahead of Beautiful One when third two runs back, beaten three-lengths by Viva La Vida.

The latter is a promising filly who came out to win an ultra-competitive handicap straight after that. That form line looks quite strong for the field Beach Verse meets in Race 3, a 1500m Maiden Plate for Fillies and Mares.

While she has run two good races in a row over 1200m, Beach Verse, was always going to be looking for ground and she could now show her true potential.

Andrew Fortune takes the ride this time as Domeyer would have had to out up 1.5kg overweight.

Stablemate Given To Fly, who suits Domeyer with 60kg, looks next best and Swingers and Exactas could be the way to go.

 

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 1 Calanque, 7 Lark's Song, 8 Redlight Lane, 4 Laydelay

Race 2: 7 Viva's Liberte, 3 Greenchoice, 8 Balzi Rossi, 2 Siriano

Race 3: 9 Beach Verse, 8 Given To Fly, 12 Wait For Me, 14 Sesame

Race 4: 8 Katsu, 9 Blind Date, 1 What A Fortune, 7 Captains Alliance

Race 5: 5 Please Be True, 7 Gold Dust, 1 Boogiefied, 8 San Pedro

Race 6: 4 Miraculous, 5 Wehaveasituation, 9 Lavender Bay, 1 Hampstead Heath

Race 7: 8 Dumbledore, 7 Sohot Sowhat, 9 Let It Be Said, 1 Kinda Wonderful

Race 8: 9 Midway, 3 Ozark, 7 Ischyro, 10 Gripen

 

BEST BET

Race 4: 8 Katsu

VALUE BET

Race 6: 4 Miraculous

BEST SWINGER

Race 3 8x9

 

BIPOT                                

R216

Leg 1: 1, 7, 8

Leg 2: 3, 7, 8

Leg 3: 8, 9

Leg 4: 8

Leg 5: 1, 5, 7

Leg 6: 1, 4, 5, 9

 

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R162

Leg 1: 3, 7, 8

Leg 2: 9

Leg 3: 8

Leg 4: 1, 5, 7

Leg 5: 4, 5, 9

Leg 6: 7, 8

Leg 7: 3, 7, 9

 

PICK 6

R720

Leg 1: 8, 9

Leg 2: 8

Leg 3: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8

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

Leg 5: 7, 8, 9

Leg 6: 3, 7, 9, 10

 

JACKPOT 1

R90

Leg 1: 8

Leg 2: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8

Leg 3: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9

Leg 4: 7, 8, 9

 

JACKPOT 2

R360

Leg 1: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8

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

Leg 3: 7, 8, 9

Leg 4: 3, 7, 9, 10

 

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