Laird raiders set for success in KZN

Jack Milner

Trainer Alec Laird makes a rare visit to Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday and could come away with a couple of winners.

Three runners from the yard are carded to race and his best two appear to come up in Races 1 and 2 where he sends out Lady Lennox and Birthright respectively.

Lady Lennox contests a Maiden Plate for fillies and mares over 1400m and Laird will be hoping for better luck than she had last time. This daughter of Global View has only raced twice and started off her career well when fourth behind One Fell Swoop over 1200m on the Turffontein Inside track last month.

She found betting support in her second outing over 1400m on the Turffontein Standside track but was squeezed out at the start, then had to be checked and finished up in sixth place behind Elemental Force.

This is not the strongest of fields and if she takes to the track, Lady Lennox, with JP van der Merwe in the irons, looks the runner to beat.

Birthright might have gone off at 66-1 on debut but ran a cracker when finishing a 1.50-length fourth behind Jerusalema Rain over 1200m at the Vaal in March.

The son of William Longsword has not raced since but Laird is unlikely to have brought him to KwaZulu-Natal if he needed the run and from No 1 draw looks hard to oppose in Race 2, a Maiden Plate for three-year-olds over 1400m.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 6 Lady Lennox, 4 Freedom Square, 3 Lady Greensleeves, 1 Dame Mazona

Race 2: 1 Birthright, 6 Vibe Sa, 4 Palace Revolt, 9 Dynalley

Race 3: 1 Tickalox, 2 Navajo Nation, 5 Jet Bund, 6 Global Ruler

Race 4: 11 Quantifier, 1 Arverni King, 2 Tin Cup, 5 The Bund

Race 5: 8 Donquerari, 1 Rulership, 3 Coin Spinner, 5 Tchaikovsky

Race 6: 6 Cinnamon Blush, 4 Shona Kirsty Yves, 2 Tiz Magic, 3 Birdwatcher

Race 7: 5 Captain Casey, 7 Passage Of Power, 2 Ideal Act, 4 Formagear

Race 8: 6 Master Josh, 8 Political Party, 12 New Mexico, 7 Medal Of Freedom

BEST BET

Race 1 No 6 Lady Lennox

VALUE BET

Race 8 No 6 Master Josh

BEST SWINGER

Race 2 1x6

BIPOT

R288

Leg 1: 6

Leg 2: 1, 6

Leg 3: 1, 2, 5

Leg 4: 1, 2, 5, 11

Leg 5: 1, 3, 8

Leg 6: 2, 3, 4, 6

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R324

Leg 1: 1

Leg 2: 1, 2

Leg 3: 1, 2, 11

Leg 4: 1, 8

Leg 5: 2, 4, 6

Leg 6: 2, 5, 7

Leg 7: 6, 8, 12

PICK 6

R2304

Leg 1: 1, 2, 5

Leg 2: 1, 2, 5, 11

Leg 3: 1, 3, 8

Leg 4: 2, 3, 4, 6

Leg 5: 2, 4, 5, 7

Leg 6: 6, 7, 8, 12

JACKPOT 1

R192

Leg 1: 1, 2, 5, 11

Leg 2: 1, 3, 8

Leg 3: 2, 3, 4, 6

Leg 4: 2, 4, 5, 7

JACKPOT 2

R192

Leg 1: 1, 3, 8

Leg 2: 2, 3, 4, 6

Leg 3: 2, 4, 5, 7

Leg 4: 6, 7, 8, 12