
ORMOND FERRARIS
Captain for the Mile
Jack Milner: With rain washing out the Egoli Mile (Non-Black Type) at the Vaal last week the decision was made to run the race at Turffontein this Wednesday night.

GAVIN LERENA
Let Lerena lead the way
Mike Moon: Punters are dusting off wallets and thinking caps as weather boffins predict sunny skies for the coming week.

COLLEN STOREY
Timkat purring at Flamingo
Mike Moon: Trainer Cliffie Miller makes a determined bid to land the spoils in a rare feature race at Flamingo Park on Monday – the Kimberley 1400, a Non-Black-Type contest with prize money of R110,000.

RIVARINE
Rivarine hot for the Tommy
Jack Milner: The heavy rains of the week forced Saturday’s Turffontein Standside meeting to be moved to Sunday. The Grade 3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap over 1000m remains the feature race and half the runners met in the Lebelo Sprint at the end of last year.

DEEPSTON
Kenilworth saves best for last
Jack Milner: There are some decent-sized fields at Kenilworth on Saturday but they are quite tricky. Make sure you have some money in your wallets for the last two races on the card because that is where the two good bets on the card appear to be.

GREG CHEYNE
Aldo set to strike again
Viv Greybe: Alan Greeff-trained Aldo has the right credentials to land his fifth career win at the Fairview Polytrack on Friday when teamed up with Greg Cheyne and taking on six rivals in Race 7, a MR 98 Handicap over 1200m.

PIERE STRYDOM
Strydom to do the Egoli trick
Jack Milner: The Egoli Mile (Non-Black Type) for three-year-olds heads up the card at the Vaal on Thursday but the problem for bettors is the race contains very few specialist milers.

COLLABRO
Bosch’s Collabro looks the part
Viv Greybe: Dennis Bosch-trained Collabro has a bright chance to post a fourth career win when teamed up with top jockey Anton Marcus at the Greyville Polytrack on Wednesday, contesting Race 5, a MR 76 Handicap over 1400m.

Newmarket Gallops
UK shutdown cost many millions
London – British Horseracing Authority chief executive Nick Rust admits the six-day shutdown of racing will have cost the industry millions – but insists he “absolutely stands by the decision”, with meetings set to resume on Wednesday.

THE VAAL
Vaal meeting abandoned
The race meeting scheduled for the Vaal today (Tuesday) has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.