King to rule again in Poly Challenge

Jack Milner

Leg 2 of the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing Poly Challenge takes place at Fairview on Friday and all eyes will be on King Regent to see if he can keep his eyes on the R250,000 bonus for any runner that can win all three legs.

Glen Kotzen did well to enter King Regent in the first leg and he was a well-backed winner. That race was over 1200m and that is not his optimum trip. Nevertheless, he really took to the Polytrack, and he romped away from some decent opposition to beat Ledell’s Echo by 3.25 lengths.

He is likely to be even better over this 1400m and possibly at his best over 1600m in the final leg. The five-year-old Dynasty gelding will once again be the banker hope for many punters, however, he does face some serious rivals this time.

Denis Schwarz, who rode him to victory in Leg 1, is back in the irons again. 

The biggest threat will come from Cape Town raider Silver Falcon from the bang-in-form Justin Snaith-yard who is unbeaten in two starts on a Polytrack – once in the Eastern Cape and once at Hollywoodbets Greyville.

The Silvano-gelding indicated he is very well with a good runner-up performance last time out at HWB Durbanville earlier this month. The only concern is that he has not won for some time now and jockey Muzi Yeni will need to overcome a poor draw.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 11 Greenlight Dancer, 10 Man Of Courage, 7 Son Of Erupt, 4 House Of Sussex

Race 2: 3 Sweet Cake, 5 Audacious, 4 Million Reasons, 1 Gotcha Buzz

Race 3: 1 Travel Master, 2 Ravilious, 4 Swiss Walt, 5 Charlie Malone

Race 4: 6 On My Honour, 7 Amazing Colours, 1 Jack In The Green, 5 Global State

Race 5: 3 Cool Winter, 5 Masked Vigilante, 8 William The First, 9 Sweet And True

Race 6: 2 Eyjafjallajokull, 4 Guerra, 5 Silver Tycoon, 6 Graduation Time

Race 7: 10 Protect The Dream, 5 You Win Again, 1 Red Sash

Race 8: 3 King Regent, 1 Silver Falcon, 2 Khaya's Hope, 9 Luna Halo

Race 9: 5 Flower Festival, 1 Hanging Rock, 10 Jambo Sana

BEST BET

Race 2: 3 Sweet Cake

VALUE BET

Race 5: 3 Cool Winter

BEST SWINGER

Race 7 5x10

BIPOT

R36

Leg 1: 3

Leg 2: 1

Leg 3: 6, 7

Leg 4: 3, 5, 8

Leg 5: 2, 4

Leg 6: 1, 5, 10

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R72

Leg 1: 1

Leg 2: 6

Leg 3: 3, 5, 8

Leg 4: 2, 4

Leg 5: 1, 5, 10

Leg 6: 3

Leg 7: 1, 2, 5, 10

PICK 6

R1600

Leg 1: 6, 7

Leg 2: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9

Leg 3: 2, 4, 5, 6

Leg 4: 1, 2, 5, 10

Leg 5: 1, 3

Leg 6: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10

JACKPOT 1

R160

Leg 1: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9

Leg 2: 2, 4, 5, 6

Leg 3: 1, 2, 5, 10

Leg 4: 1, 3

JACKPOT 2

R160

Leg 1: 2, 4, 5, 6

Leg 2: 1, 2, 5, 10

Leg 3: 1, 3

Leg 4: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10