Mike Moon: Alec Laird takes three horses to the Vaal on Tuesday – and at the end of the day the trio might well float back home to Randjesfontein with three winning cheques to their trainer’s name.

Viv Greybe: Though coming off a nine-month layoff and carrying 62kg, 10-time winner Juan Two Three out of Alan Greeff’s stable should continue his winning ways at the Fairview Polytrack on Monday.

Bonginkosi Nkosi: Highveld conditioner Sean Tarry tops the national trainers’ log and is most likely going to add a few more winners to his rising tally at Greyville on Sunday afternoon, especially when Captain And Master returns to KwaZulu-Natal in Race 6, a Progress Plate over 1400m on the turf track.

Jack Milner: In many cases, sprint dashes up the straight result in major upsets – one small mistake is hard to correct in the space of just 1200m. However, that might not be the case in Saturday’s Grade 2 Senor Santa Stakes over 1160m at Turffontein as Sean Tarry saddles a very smart three-year-old in Cirillo.

Viv Greybe: Alan Greeff-trained Fire In The Belly has a bright chance to claim top honours at Fairview on Friday when teamed up Greg Cheyne in Race 7 and main event, the Lakeside Handicap (Non-Black Type) over 2400m.

Jack Milner: Trainer Ashley Fortune must have come away from Turffontein Racecourse 12 days ago not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The stable had four runners on the Saturday 2 March card and all of them ran second, none beaten more than 0.50 lengths.

Viv Greybe: Log-leading jockey Anton Marcus should have his followers in the payout queue at the Greyville Polytrack on Wednesday when teamed up with Paul Lafferty-trained Mokoko in Race 2, a 1400m Maiden Plate.

The race meeting scheduled for the Vaal on Tuesday, 12 March, has been moved to the Turffontein Inside track.

Mike Moon: When in doubt, go with The Guv. That might be a mantra worth following on Tuesday at the Vaal, where a tricky card suggests punters could do worse than rely on the mastery of former champion trainer Geoff Woodruff.