ANTON MARCUS
Jack Milner: Jockey Anton Marcus could open and close Monday’s race meeting at Greyville where they race on the Polytrack.
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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