New day to dawn for Keagan

Jack Milner

Dawnofanewday was a big hit with punters when justifying her role as banker over 1600m last time and Dean Kannemeyer’s charge takes her place in Race 6 on the Polytrack at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday, a MR 94 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1600m.

She can chalk up another win, despite her merit rating having gone up eight points and jumping from the widest berth of the eight runners. But if the Futura filly can repeat her last run she will be very hard to peg back.

Once again Keagan de Melo takes the ride.

S’manga Khumalo has firmly entrenched himself as one of South Africa’s outstanding jockeys. He is a past national champion jockey and has twice added the one that everybody wants on their CVs, the Durban July.

While he doesn’t have a full book of rides on Monday, he could get punters off to a winning start with Kittyboys Girl who should have a big chance of opening her account in Race 1, a Maiden Plate for fillies and mares over 1400m.

This filly had things go wrong and yet still took second place on her poly debut behind well-versed Zinikele. She was found to have been wounded on the left hind but one of the reasons she floundered in the latter stages, allowing the winner to get away, was that her rider lost the reins at around the 150m mark.

She will be super fit and this time she has to fetch Such A Cracker who was beaten by a moderate sort in her last start.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 8 Kittyboys Girl, 4 Such A Cracker, 2 Nonoti, 3 Two Minds

Race 2: 1 Iron Bark, 3 Beckoning Beauty, 4 Valiente, 5 Addiena

Race 3: 7 Afropolitan, 9 Atlantic City, 8 Uncle Lucky, 5 Roy's Domino

Race 4: 7 Bend The Rules, 3 Straight Up, 6 Syx Hotfix, 5 Caesura

Race 5: 2 Que For You, 1 Just Virginia, 12 American Style, 10 Malcolm's Dream

Race 6: 8 Dawnofanewday, 7 Top Me Up Holly, 4 Aquae Sulis, 2 Oh So Squishy

Race 7: 4 Preemptive Strike, 2 Hallerbos, 9 Master Of Law, 1 Prince Vihaan

Race 8: 4 Winter Journey, 6 Blush Of Dawn, 10 Gimme A Lullaby, 11 Birdwatcher

BEST BET

Race 6 No 8 Dawnofanewday

VALUE BET

Race 3 No 7 Afropolitan

BEST SWINGER

Race 1 4x8

BIPOT

R288

Leg 1: 4, 8

Leg 2: 1, 3, 4, 5

Leg 3: 5, 7, 8, 9

Leg 4: 3, 6, 7

Leg 5: 1, 2, 12

Leg 6: 8

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 1, 3, 4

Leg 2: 7, 8, 9

Leg 3: 3, 7

Leg 4: 1, 2

Leg 5: 8

Leg 6: 2, 4

Leg 7: 4, 6, 10

PICK 6

R1200

Leg 1: 3, 5, 7, 8, 9

Leg 2: 3, 5, 6, 7

Leg 3: 1, 2, 10, 12

Leg 4: 8

Leg 5: 2, 4, 9

Leg 6: 4, 6, 9, 10, 11

JACKPOT 1

R48

Leg 1: 3, 5, 6, 7

Leg 2: 1, 2, 10, 12

Leg 3: 8

Leg 4: 2, 4, 9

JACKPOT 2

R60

Leg 1: 1, 2, 10, 12

Leg 2: 8

Leg 3: 2, 4, 9

Leg 4: 4, 6, 9, 10, 11