Two former champion jockeys, S’manga Khumalo and Warren Kennedy, are the jockeys to be with at Hollywoodbets Grevyille on Sunday.
Both have competitive rides throughout the tricky eight-race race card but are likely to reward their followers on runners that should go off at decent each-way odds.
Kennedy has ridden Winter Journey in each of her last three starts for a fourth, a second and a third, so his decision to ride Gareth van Zyl-trained Indigo Fields instead speaks volumes of the latter’s chances in Race 1.
This well-related daughter of What A Winter was third on debut over 1200m and backed that up with another third-place finish over 1400m when last seen. She reverts to 1200m in the opener and the booking of Kennedy from gate No 3 could pave the way for Mario Ferreira’s filly to open her account.
Khumalo should level the score in Race 2 aboard Running Rifles, who Justin Snaith trains for prominent owner Nic Jonsson.
This three-year-old son of Vercingetorix wasn’t disgraced in either outing when still in Cape Town before finishing an improved second on his KwaZulu-Natal introduction over 1200m. On pedigree, Running Rifles should improve stepped up to 1400m and it is encouraging Khumalo retains the ride aboard the gelding at his first go around a bend.
Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 3 Indigo Fields, 2 Three Hearts, 6 Noble Storm, 10 Winter Journey
Race 2: 3 Running Rifles, 5 One Shot Wonder, 9 Bugsy Malone, 8 Mbanjwa Magic
Race 3: 4 Cyber Time, 11 Grey View, 1 Purple Flame, 2 Eventidor
Race 4: 5 Willy The Wizzard, 3 Manhatten Cafe, 4 Grey Linngari, 16 Galabier
Race 5: 6 Isla Morada, 12 Basetsana, 1 Space Oddity, 5 More Than A Dime
Race 6: 10 Top Me Up Holly, 12 Time To Roll, 1 Laurel Lane, 5 Fire Faerie
Race 7: 1 Tempting Fate, 11 Pearl Of Asia, 8 Chantyman, 6 Crested Eagle
Race 8: 8 Vivid Jet, 10 Irontail, 3 Quasiforsure, 12 Siya Vuma
BEST BET
Race 2 No 3 Running Rifles
VALUE BET
Race 5 No 6 Isla Morada
BEST SWINGER
Race 2 3×5
BIPOT
R192
Leg 1: 3
Leg 2: 3
Leg 3: 1, 4, 11
Leg 4: 3, 4, 5, 16
Leg 5: 1, 5, 6, 12
Leg 6: 1, 5, 10, 12
PLACE ACCUMULATOR
R324
Leg 1: 3
Leg 2: 4, 11
Leg 3: 3, 4, 5
Leg 4: 1, 6, 12
Leg 5: 1, 10, 12
Leg 6: 1, 8, 11
Leg 7: 8, 10
PICK 6
R2160
Leg 1: 4, 11
Leg 2: 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 16
Leg 3: 1, 2, 5, 6, 12
Leg 4: 1, 5, 10, 12
Leg 5: 1, 8, 11
Leg 6: 3, 8, 10
JACKPOT 1
R360
Leg 1: 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 16
Leg 2: 1, 2, 5, 6, 12
Leg 3: 1, 5, 10, 12
Leg 4: 1, 8, 11
JACKPOT 2
R180
Leg 1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 12
Leg 2: 1, 5, 10, 12
Leg 3: 1, 8, 11
Leg 4: 3, 8, 10