Big fields are the order at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday and with some very difficult handicaps late in the day, it may be best to strike early in the maiden races.
Old Fashioned has been runner-up in three of four starts since blinkers were added and he could prove best in the opening event, a Maiden Plate over 1000m.
Trainer Clinton Binda has done well when raiding KwaZulu-Natal from Johannesburg and he should be able to pick up another win in the province with this three-year-old gelding who will be ridden by Sean Veale.
Filly Are You Sure is threatening to win a race having finished runner-up in her last two starts. This Gareth van Zyl-trained daughter of Futura takes her place in Race 2, a Maiden Plate for fillies and mares over 1000m
Both of those runs were at this course and jockey S'manga Khumalo can get her to go one better on a course and distance that clearly suits her.
Race 3, a Maiden Plate over 1400m, should be a match race between visiting horses Pioneer Square, trained by Candice Dawson, and Justin Snaith’s charge, Gran Canaria.
Pioneer Square, a three-year-old son of Querari has run four times on the Highveld for four places and has had Gavin Lerena up in all four races and he is back aboard for this race.
Andrew Fortune travels to Scottsville on Sunday and he will be aboard the Snaith runner on this occasion.
Swingers and boxed Exactas with the pair looks the way to play this race.
Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 10 Old Fashioned, 2 Galactic Lover, 1 Captainship, 3 Tam's Knight
Race 2: 3 Are You Sure, 6 Lucienne, 8 Ruby Rising, 10 Miss Kansas
Race 3: 9 Gran Canaria, 1 Pioneer Square, 4 Amandla Ngawethu, 6 White Seahorse
Race 4: 2 Princess Goldie, 13 Colorado Creek, 1 Poursomesugaronme, 6 Radu
Race 5: 3 Shoot The Rapids, 2 Cape Eagle, 7 Arverni King,5 Raiseahallelujah
Race 6: 5 Forgiveness, 4 Miss Platina, 2 Spirit Of Levana, 1 Sascha's Dream
Race 7: 3 Narina Trogon, 4 Rapidash, 1 Fire 'N Flames, 8 Legal Counsel
Race 8: 11 Happy Analia, 8 Northern Warrior, 7 Tchaikovsky, 2 Masterbling
Race 9: 11 Prized Platinum, 10 On Board, 1 Si Veloce, 9 Perini Palace
Race 10: 5 Mister Nibbles, 15 Rooster Bradshaw, 7 Palermo, 3 Down By The River
BEST BET
Race 5: 3 Shoot The Rapids
VALUE BET
Race 6: 5 Forgiveness
BEST SWINGER
Race 3 1x9
BIPOT
R360
Leg 1: 3, 6, 8
Leg 2: 1, 9
Leg 3: 1, 2, 6, 7, 13
Leg 4: 3
Leg 5: 2, 4, 5
Leg 6: 1, 3, 4, 8
PLACE ACCUMULATOR
R243
Leg 1: 9
Leg 2: 1, 2, 13
Leg 3: 3
Leg 4: 2, 4, 5
Leg 5: 1, 3, 4
Leg 6: 7, 8, 11
Leg 7: 1, 10, 11
PICK 6
R1800
Leg 1: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13
Leg 2: 3
Leg 3: 2, 4, 5
Leg 4: 1, 3, 4, 8
Leg 5: 2, 4, 7, 8, 11
Leg 6: 1, 3, 9, 10, 11
JACKPOT 1
R360
Leg 1: 3
Leg 2: 2, 4, 5
Leg 3: 1, 3, 4, 8
Leg 4: 2, 4, 7, 8, 11
JACKPOT 2
R500
Leg 1: 1, 3, 4, 8
Leg 2: 2, 4, 7, 8, 11
Leg 3: 1, 3, 9, 10, 11
Leg 4: 3, 5, 6, 7, 15