S'MANGA KHUMALO
Play The Night a banker play
Nicci Garner: Play The Night is the one to beat in the richest race on the card at Tuesday’s Turffontein meeting, the R112,000 The Grand Heritage 30 September Progress Plate over 1160m.
ADRIAN TODD.
Direct exports may resume in December next year
Nicci Garner: Direct exports from South Africa to the European Union could well be back on track as early as December next year or January 2019, according to Adrian Todd, a spokesman from our horseracing industry’s Import-Export Task Team.
LOUIS GOOSEN
Get an early start at Scottsville
Nicci Garner: There are some good punting opportunities early on Sunday’s programme at Scottsville, starting off in Race 1 where Louis Goosen-trained Zen Arcade could be hard to beat.
MATHEW DE KOCK
Race looks a Smokey Affair
Nicci Garner: Normally with stakes races horseracing players can blindly shut their eyes and rely on the best-weighted runners in a race.
Burning Mist looks hot for Fairview Pick 6
Nicci Garner: The Pick 6 at Fairview is often challenging and on last Friday the popular bet paid R209,062 to the holders of 7.18 tickets.
NATHAN FOWLER
Fowler feeds off the energy
Jack Milner: For Phumelela’s new National Retail Executive Nathan Fowler, it’s all about energy and passion.
LOVE LYRIC
Love Lyric can sing the right tune
Jack Milner: Some horses just do enough to win a race and while they might make you sweat as they approach the finishing post, they can often be better horses to follow.
YANKEE CAPTAIN
Yankee Captain leads the Heritage brigade
Jack Milner: With just two weeks to go to the cut-off for entrants in the World Sports Betting Grand Heritage to prove their fitness for the handicappers, horses aiming at that R750,000 race over 1475m at the Vaal on Saturday 30 September are out in full force.
MUZI YENI
August Duke seeking a victory in September
Ken Nicol: As per usual, racing at Flamingo Park on a Monday presents us with a challenge. But August Duke has hit top form since joining the Stephen Moffatt stable and makes plenty of appeal in Race 6, a MR 62 over 1200m.
SITIA
Scottsville Quartet is the play of the weekend
Jack Milner: One of my favourite bets is the Quartet. The payouts are often big – almost a Pick 6 every race – and you don’t have to wait long to find out your fate.
