Gelded Pibe De Oro to open Turffontein card

Jack Milner

There is a testing card for bettors on the Inside track at Turffontein on Thursday and bettors will be hoping to get off to a good start in Race 1, with Pibe De Oro.

Trainer Robbie Sage has his stable in good form and could be worth following in this Maiden Plate over 1000m.

The two-year-old is coming off his best run in which he finished runner-up behind Wolf Mountain. Gelding and the fitting of blinkers has got improvement out of the son of One World and he can go one better this time around.

Pibe De Oro will have S'manga Khumalo in the irons and he will need to use his wiles because all races on this course are around the turn, and he is not well drawn, having to jump from barrier No 10.

However, it could be worth keeping an eye on any betting movements on first-timer Watchman from the Tony Peter yard.

This two-year-old colt is a son of Var and is a half-brother to Luna Halo, a star filly from the Alan Greeff yard who is an eight-time winner from 13 starts.

On breeding Watchman should be very speedy but will have to negotiate the turn in his debut and is not all that well drawn in gate No 7. Calvin Habib takes the ride.

Value on the day could lie with Nazare Race 8, a MR 66 Handicap over 1200m.

Trainer Candice Dawson has her runners in good form and this four-year-old gelding is in good shape.

He was victorious over this course and distance last month and picked up a three-point penalty. Nazare then went on to run a fair third on the Hollywoodbets Greyville Polytrack.

Jockey Raymond Danielson gets a ride aboard him.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 6 Pibe De Oro, 9 Watchman, 5 Lead The Charge, 8 Tiger Storm

Race 2: 9 Seventeen Again, 10 Take Your Place, 2 Together Again, 4 Gaelic Dancer

Race 3: 7 Global Reef, 6 Angel Of My Heart, 1 Japanese Maple, 2 Callaburn

Race 4: 6 Damova, 3 Gilda Gray, 1 Annewithan E, 4 Paschals Samore

Race 5: 5 Fifth Of July, 1 Sparkling Jubilee, 3 Circus Lights, 5 Guerilla Warfare

Race 6: 8 Safe Space, 1 Captain Of Grit, 2 Two Miles West, 3 Copper Mist

Race 7: 4 Southern Style, 3 Gimme The Flame, 2 Cerulean Dancer, 6 Green Bubbles

Race 8: 1 Nazare, 2 After Hours, 10 Della's Sword, 6 Vava Vegas

BEST BET

Race 7: 4 Southern Style

VALUE BET

Race 8: 1 Nazare

BEST SWINGER

Race 6 1x8

BIPOT

R108

Leg 1: 6

Leg 2: 9, 10

Leg 3: 1, 6, 7

Leg 4: 1, 3, 6

Leg 5: 1, 3, 5

Leg 6: 1, 8

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R162

Leg 1: 9

Leg 2: 1, 6, 7

Leg 3: 1, 3, 6

Leg 4: 1, 3, 5

Leg 5: 1, 8

Leg 6: 4

Leg 7: 1, 2, 10

PICK 6

R1500

Leg 1: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

Leg 2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 11

Leg 3: 1, 3, 5, 7

Leg 4: 1, 2, 8

Leg 5: 4

Leg 6: 1, 2, 6, 8, 10

JACKPOT 1

R60

Leg 1: 1, 3, 4, 6, 11

Leg 2: 1, 3, 5, 7

Leg 3: 1, 2, 8

Leg 4: 4

JACKPOT 2

R60

Leg 1: 1, 3, 5, 7

Leg 2: 1, 2, 8

Leg 3: 4

Leg 4: 1, 2, 6, 8, 10