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