Gimme A Nother win at Turfffontein

Jack Milner

Thursday’s race meeting at Turffontein was originally scheduled to be run on the Inside track but a decision was taken yesterday to move it to the Standside track.

The reason is that the Inside track has been used quite extensively during the winter and spring and it needs treatment and a break in order to recover.

While there have been no changes made to any starting times, there are two distance changes – the races over 1450m are now over 1400m while Races 3 and 4, originally over 2600m, will now be run over 2400m.

In addition, the state of the tracks will be monitored closely before taking a decision on which track to use for the meeting for Thursday 16 November.

The change in track is unlikely to hold any fears for Gimme A Nother. When this well-bred daughter of Gimmethegreenlight made her debut last month, trainer Mike de Kock intimated that she was decent but could need her first run.

The stipes reported that she was restless but that did not stop her from winning, and winning well, as she defeated Alesia’s Love by 1.40 lengths. That race was over 1450m on the Inside track but Gimme A Nother looks set to follow in the footsteps of her illustrious dam and granddam – Nother Russia and Mother Russia respectively, should be able to take care of this opposition in Race 9, a MR 76 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1600m.

If she does pick up her mother’s predilection for this course and distance, this race should be a formality. Nother Russia had five runs over this track and trip for four wins, which included the Grade 1 Empress Club Stakes (twice) and the Grade 2 Ipi Tombe Stakes and the Grade 3 Acacia Handicap. Her lone defeat was in the Grade 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes where she was beaten a neck by champion miler Legal Eagle.

Jockey JP van der Merwe rode Gimme A Nother to victory last time and he is back in the irons for this race.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 13 Mary's Greenlight, 12 The Octagon, 3 Horsefly, 1 Trip To States

Race 2: 14 More Than All, 5 Alesia's Love, 4 Lady Crusade, 6 Boom Boom

Race 3: 7 Azaleas For All, 1 Exhale, 2 Harold The Duke, 3 All Rise

Race 4: 1 Namaqua Blossom, 7 Explosive Bond, 3 Kind Judy, 5 Solo Diva

Race 5: 9 Total Surrender, 7 Millahue, 6 Home Of The Brave, 5 Perfect Witness

Race 6: 2 Cliff Hanger, 1 Rulership, 9 Ziyasha, 7 Mythical Dream

Race 7: 10 Runway Bomb, 2 Cape Lights, 6 Key Element, 5 Kwazzi's Lady

Race 8: 7 Player, 8 Mondial, 9 Vesuvio, 3 Black Lightning

Race 9: 5 Gimme A Nother, 4 Sunshine Day, 2 Midnight Crystal, 10 Annewithan E

BEST BET

Race 9 No 5 Gimme A Nother

VALUE BET

Race 2 No 14 More Than All

BEST SWINGER

Race 1 12x13

BIPOT

R216

Leg 1: 4, 5, 14

Leg 2: 1, 7

Leg 3: 1, 3, 7

Leg 4: 6, 7, 9

Leg 5: 1, 2

Leg 6: 2, 10

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 1, 7

Leg 2: 1, 3, 7

Leg 3: 6, 7, 9

Leg 4: 1, 2

Leg 5: 2, 10

Leg 6: 7, 8, 9

Leg 7: 5

PICK 6

R1600

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

Leg 2: 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

Leg 3: 1, 2, 7, 9

Leg 4: 2, 5, 6, 10

Leg 5: 3, 7, 8, 9

Leg 6: 5

JACKPOT 1

R320

Leg 1: 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

Leg 2: 1, 2, 7, 9

Leg 3: 2, 5, 6, 10

Leg 4: 3, 7, 8, 9

JACKPOT 2

R64

Leg 1: 1, 2, 7, 9

Leg 2: 2, 5, 6, 10

Leg 3: 3, 7, 8, 9

Leg 4: 5