Greeff and Fourie to strike yet again

Very seldom do you see a meeting in the Eastern Cape go by without two winners for the Alan Greeff-Richard Fourie combination, and very often it is three or more winners.

On Friday, two particular runners from this formidable team catch the eye: Holocene in Race 3 and Mercantour in Race 5.

Holocene takes his place in a MR 74 Handicap over 1600m on the Polytrack. This gelding has had some poor draws of late and is again not well drawn this time round, but he does seem better than his rivals over this distance.

Mercantour competes in a Pinnacle Stakes over 1200m. This gelded son of Var has won six of his 33 starts and hinted he is ready to win again with some cracking recent runs. The five-year-old was fourth on his local debut when just 1.60-lengths behind local star sprinter Fairy Knight over 1200m on the turf. He followed that up with a good third, 3.5-lengths behind Kingdundee over 1000m on this surface. He is better over this distance and should go close to winning.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 6 Star Of Elena, 1 La Vida Loca, 2 Ruby Claire, 4 Clever Candy

Race 2: 7 Dutchess D'Orange, 1 Genteel, 2 Oh Mandy, 3 Hat Montera

Race 3: 1 Holocene, 6 Hospices De Beaune, 10 Fearless Badger, 4 Kohana

Race 4: 5 Miss Shaivi, 3 Original Copy, 8 Resurgence, 6 Swiss Walt

Race 5: 1 Mercantour, 2 First Origin, 4 USA's Hope, 3 Cliff Top

Race 6: 1 Always Shining, 5 Golden Grey, 6 Master Wizard, 7 Kingsboy

Race 7: 1 Charlie Malone, 4 Legal Thriller, 7 Jambo Sana, 2 Silver Tycoon

Race 8: 2 Iqembulabesifazane, 7 Ice Cap, 9 Komesans Passion, 4 Blue Palace

BEST BET

Race 2: 7 Dutchess D'Orange

VALUE BET

Race 7: 1 Charlie Malone

BEST SWINGER

Race 4 3x5

BIPOT                                

R144

Leg 1: 1, 2, 6

Leg 2: 7

Leg 3: 1, 6

Leg 4: 3, 5

Leg 5: 1, 2, 3, 4

Leg 6: 1, 5, 6