Red Wave ready to shed maiden tag

Jack Milner

Sometimes a trainer is just lucky enough to find the ideal race for one of stable’s runners and that looks to be the case with Justin Snaith-trained Red Wave.

This three-year-old gelded son of Erik The Red ran out of steam last time out over 1500m when racing fresh. However, he went down to Vaughan Marshall-trained Sierra Sagrada who went off a short-priced favourite and had always been looking for more ground.

However, when Red Wave lines up in Race 3 in an Open Maiden over 1600m at Durbanville on Sunday, he will likely go off as the hot favourite.

He has a lot going for him. He has by far the best form in the field, will strip fitter after his last comeback run and will have champion jockey Gavin Lerena in the irons. The one obstacle he will have to overcome, however, is No 11 draw.

Trainer Greg Ennion has a double-sided sword in Race 8, a Class 4 Handicap over 1000m, where he saddles two three-year-old geldings in Sardinia Bay and Orbit.

Sardinia Bay, who will be steered by Richard Fourie, showed a lot of promise in his first two runs, and then delivered on that promise in his third outing after being gelded.

He has not drawn ideally in gate No 7 in his first time around a left-hand turn, but he has the gate speed to get settled near the front, so he gets the nod.

Orbit has been a tad disappointing, and a lot unlucky in his four runs since a winning debut.

By One World, he might just be a late developer, but he is definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 2 Objet D' Art, 1 Trip To Camelot, 4 Whirlwind, 9 Demanding Dave

Race 2: 6 Kamchatka, 4 Swiatek, 3 Worldcraft, 2 My Only Weakness

Race 3: 11 Red Wave, 4 Smart Horse, 2 Lomu, 3 City Of Port Louis

Race 4: 7 Red Coral, 5 Greek Heiress, 8 Lebombo Gold, 6 Heavenly Mafia

Race 5: 2 Mighty Mary, 1 Clouds Clearing, 9 Amayah, 4 Beautiful One

Race 6: 5 Wish List, 2 Stormwatch, 8 La Landonne, 6 Diamond Bomber

Race 7: 3 Tothemoonandback, 4 Heliotrope, 10 Naretoi, 9 Twice The Master

Race 8: 7 Sardinia Bay, 9 Orbit, 4 Rattlesnake, 5 All About Al

BEST BET

Race 3: 11 Red Wave

VALUE BET

Race 7: 3 Tothemoonandback

BEST SWINGER

Race 6 2x5

BIPOT                                

R216

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 9

Leg 2: 3, 4, 6

Leg 3: 11

Leg 4: 5, 7, 8

Leg 5: 1, 2, 9

Leg 6: 2, 5

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R144

Leg 1: 4, 6

Leg 2: 11

Leg 3: 5, 7

Leg 4: 1, 2, 9

Leg 5: 5

Leg 6: 3, 4, 9, 10

Leg 7: 4, 7, 9

PICK 6

R1200

Leg 1: 11

Leg 2: 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 3: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9

Leg 4: 2, 5

Leg 5: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10

Leg 6: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9

JACKPOT 1

R240

Leg 1: 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9

Leg 3: 2, 5

Leg 4: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10

JACKPOT 2

R300

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9

Leg 2: 2, 5

Leg 3: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10

Leg 4: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9