Marcus to start and finish Greyville Poly meeting

It is not often one sees Marcus ride for Louis Goosen but that is the case in Race 1, a Maiden Plate for fillies and mares over 1000m. According to the statistics Marcus has only ridden four horses for Goosen over the last couple of seasons and although he has yet to ride a winner for him, three of those four have placed.

That could all change when Marcus gets aboard English Princess. This is not the strongest of fields and her last two races have produced decent enough results in far stronger company.

Anything close to a repeat of her penultimate run, when a 0.35-length third to Hawker Typhoon, will make her a stand-out bet in this field.

The pattern is lot different in Race 9 where he rides Morse for Garth Puller. Marcus and Puller go back a long way and the pair have had quite a lot of success.

Morse failed to win in Cape Town but he does have some decent form, and as long as he takes to the Polytrack, he will be hard to beat.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 7 English Princess, 8 Austen, 4 Lundy Island, 3 Roy’s Slew Per Jet

Race 2: 1 Purple Powahouse, 3 Calvino, 6 Deep Thought, 4 Bravo Zulu

Race 3: 5 Noemi, 4 Rachel, 7 First Sighting, 2 Arctic Princess

Race 4: 1 Ferrari Ice, 2 Alphamikefoxtrot, 4 Living Waters, 6 Phil’s Power

Race 5: 12 Captain Zee, 8 Mighty Smart, 2 What A Blast, 11 Rain Dance

Race 6: 3 Samsonite, 9 Querari’s Cowboy, 11 Chewbaca, 4 Proud Warrior

Race 7: 6 Hereinafter, 4 Guadeloupe, 8 Joyful Winter, 12 Sheik’s Storm

Race 8: 5 Eightfolds Lass, 3 Class Of Eight, 7 Macara, 2 Academic Gold

Race 9: 10 Morse, 8 So Smooth, 6 Giggin, 5 Master George

BEST BET

Race 1 No 7 English Princess

VALUE BET

Race 6 No 9 Samsonite

BEST SWINGER

Race 9 8×10

BIPOT

R288

Leg 1: 1, 3

Leg 2: 4, 5, 7

Leg 3: 1, 2

Leg 4: 8, 12

Leg 5: 3, 4, 9, 11

Leg 6: 4, 6, 8

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R324

Leg 1: 4, 5, 7

Leg 2: 1, 2

Leg 3: 8, 12

Leg 4: 3, 9, 11

Leg 5: 4, 6, 8

Leg 6: 3, 5, 7

Leg 7: 10

PICK 6

R1260

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4

Leg 2: 8, 12

Leg 3: 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13

Leg 4: 4, 6, 8

Leg 5: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

Leg 6: 8, 10

JACKPOT 1

R210

Leg 1: 8, 12

Leg 2: 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13

Leg 3: 4, 6, 8

Leg 4: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

JACKPOT 2

R210

Leg 1: 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13

Leg 2: 4, 6, 8

Leg 3: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

Leg 4: 8, 10

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