Brendan Gaillard: One cannot fault the recent buys trainer Zietsman Oosthuizen and his patrons made, with both At The Opera and Via Sacra winning last week at this course.

Bonginkosi Nkosi: Although seven-time scorer Silver Rose, from the Andre Nel stable has not won a race in 336 days, he seldom finishes far from the action.

Jack Milner: Following all the No 1s could be the way to go at Turffontein on Saturday.

Brendan Gaillard: It should take a lot to prevent trainer Alan Greeff and American Landing from scoring at Fairview on Friday.

Jack Milner: Thursday looks the ideal day for declaring “Marshall Law” at Turffontein.

Ken Nicol: A first jockey’s title for Warren Kennedy looks inevitable, and the champion-in-waiting has a couple of excellent winning chances on the Hollwoodbets Greyville polytrack come Wednesday.

Bonginkosi Nkosi: Apprentice jockey Cole Dicken was the talk of the town last season and has remained consistent this year with 25 wins so far, announcing himself as possibly the next big star in South African horseracing.

Brendon Gaillard: It is hard to look past the recent form of the Corne Spies-trained True Words who should be a safe banker for all the exotics at Flamingo Park on Monday.