Veale’s good run to continue at Fairview

Jack Milner

Getting the opportunity to ride for either Alan Greeff or Gavin Smith is a massive advantage for jockeys travelling to Fairview to ply their trade and that is exactly what Sean Veale is currently finding out.

On his way to a record victory for champion jockey, Richard Fourie also passed the seasonal record of 116 winners ridden in the Eastern Cape. That record was held by Greg Cheyne and another item they have in common I they both rode for Greeff.

With Fourie having a well-deserved break, Veale has stepped into the fray and has never known it so good. In the three meetings staged in the province so far this season, Veale has already ridden eight winners at rate of 36.36%.

The exceptional run can continue at Fairview on Friday when they race on the Polytrack.

The best of their runners looks to be You Win Again in Race 5, a Middle Stakes for fillies and mares over 1200m, and Masked Vigilante in Race 8, a MR 78 Handicap over 1200m.

The now five-year-old mare You Win Again has made good improvement since joining Greeff, winning her last three starts.

All of those wins were on the Polytrack but she has also won on the turf and her last win was over 1200m.

It will be the first time Veale gets to ride her, but she does not seem a difficult ride and Veale has done a splendid job of replacing local and national champion jockey Richard Fourie so far.

Masked Vigilante always gives of his best but has been very costly to follow, having won four times in 31 starts but only once for Greeff.

That win was on the Polytrack where he clearly enjoyed it and was a wide-margin winner.

Masked Vigilante was noticeably a very unlucky when fourth and beaten less than a length on that surface last month.

He really should have won that race comfortably but was trapped behind runners and only saw daylight very late.

The Philanthropist gelding ran well without winning in his next two starts, finishing fourth on both occasions.

In both those runs he was making late progress and if Veale can get luck in running, he should be finishing best of all and get up to win.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 1 Master Forester, 7 Very Var Var, 2 Nikes Ray Of Light, 5 Burn Bright

Race 2: 1 Sweet Cake, 3 Global Scene, 2 First Wish, 4 Fire Festival

Race 3: 4 Breede Baby, 5 Trip To Barberton, 6 Hugsandhighfives, 1 Red Moon Rising

Race 4: 2 Destiny's Angel, 7 Specmagic, 1 Single File, 3 October Fair

Race 5: 6 You Win Again, 3 Mythical Dream, 1 Summer Odyssey, 7 Symbol Of Love

Race 6: 1 Harold The Duke, 2 The Inkosana, 4 Global Lady, 3 Electric Storm

Race 7: 5 My Golly Molly, 10 Prevalence, 3 Sequoia, 4 The Mauritian

Race 8: 9 Guarding The Wall, 2 Masked Vigilante, 4 Ella's Delight, 5 Great Melody

BEST BET

Race 2: 1 Sweet Cake

VALUE BET

Race 7: 5 My Golly Molly

BEST SWINGER

Race 8 2x9

BIPOT

R216

Leg 1: 1, 2, 7

Leg 2: 1

Leg 3: 4, 5, 6

Leg 4: 1, 2, 7

Leg 5: 3, 6

Leg 6: 1, 2, 3, 4

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R324

Leg 1: 1

Leg 2: 4, 5, 6   

Leg 3: 1, 2, 7

Leg 4: 3, 6

Leg 5: 1, 2, 4

Leg 6: 3, 5, 10

Leg 7: 2, 9

PICK 6

R1600

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 7

Leg 3: 3, 6

Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Leg 5: 3, 4, 5, 10

Leg 6: 2, 9

JACKPOT 1

R160

Leg 1: 1, 2, 3, 7

Leg 2: 3, 6

Leg 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Leg 4: 3, 4, 5, 10

JACKPOT 2

R80

Leg 1: 3, 6

Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Leg 3: 3, 4, 5, 10

Leg 4: 2, 9