Dumbledore looks best in the wet

Jack Milner

The race meeting postponed from Tuesday will take place at at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Thersday but with all the rain recently the going is certain to be on the soft side.

Obviously, it would be advisable to side with runners who have decent form in the wet but that is not always possible as some of them have not yet raced in the conditions.

It will also be worth keeping an eye on where the better going might be, especially up the straight.

Heading up the card is a Grade A Stakes over 1100m in Race 3 but that has already been decimated by two scratchings which only leaves five runners. Nevertheless, it remains quite a competitive event but with Piet Steyn’s two runners, Gem King and Meu Capitano, coming out, it might be worth going with Vaughan Marshall-trained Dumbledore.

The four-year-old William Longsword gelding has won two of his last four starts and although he has yet to win in soft going, he has placed in four of his five starts in the wet.

In addition, he has Richard Fourie in the irons and he has a record of two wins, a second and two third places in six rides aboard the gelding.

The main threat has to come from Kaiboy who did finish in front of Dumbledore last time, but although beaten just 0.20 lengths, Marshall’s charge was held up at the 400m mark and was unable to get a clear passage for a while. Once he saw daylight Dumbledore ran on strongly and at the same weights, should be able to reverse that results.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 3 Marcus Aurelius, 8 Rockanrollin, 11 Black Eagle, 12 Day In Day Out

Race 2: 4 Wish List, 10 Queen Regent, 1 Precocious, 7 Playful Joules

Race 3: 3 Dumbledore, 5 Kaiboy, 1 Dean Street, 6 Time Fo Orchids

Race 4: 8 Rare Earth, 5 Red State, 7 Not Wanted, 4 Fort Impreza

Race 5: 7 Firingonallengines, 1 Gnarly, 10 In A Timely Manner, 4 Ozark

Race 6: 9 Supreme Fate, 7 Champagne Kisses, 11 La Divina, 1 Golden Angel

Race 7: 10 Gravity, 7 Champagne Mac, 4 Lovers Lane, 8 Winteronthegreen

Race 8: 9 Lhasa, 7 Inside Voice, 1 Poetic Princess, 3 The Charleston

BEST BET

Race 2 No 4 Wish List

VALUE BET

Race 6 No 9 Supreme Fate

BEST SWINGER

Race 4 5x8

BIPOT                          

R288

Leg 1: 3, 8, 11

Leg 2: 4

Leg 3: 1, 3, 5

Leg 4: 5, 8

Leg 5: 1, 4, 7, 10

Leg 6: 1, 7, 9, 11

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R324

Leg 1: 4

Leg 2: 3, 5

Leg 3: 5, 8

Leg 4: 1, 7, 10

Leg 5: 7, 9, 11

Leg 6: 4, 7, 10

Leg 7: 1, 7, 9

PICK 6

R2304

Leg 1: 1, 3, 4, 5

Leg 2: 5, 8

Leg 3: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11

Leg 4: 1, 7, 9, 11

Leg 5: 4, 7, 10

Leg 6: 1, 3, 7, 9

JACKPOT 1

R144

Leg 1: 5, 8

Leg 2: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11

Leg 3: 1, 7, 9, 11

Leg 4: 4, 7, 10

JACKPOT 2

R288

Leg 1: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11

Leg 2: 1, 7, 9, 11

Leg 3: 4, 7, 10

Leg 4: 1, 3, 7, 9