Greatest Wager: ACCREDITED (Race 6)
Worth Wager: ALLHALLOWTIDE (Race 8)
Jackpot (race 5 – 8)
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Value: R90.00
Race 5
This seems to be a tough race to start out off the day’s Jackpot with loads of runners in with a practical probability of discovering the winner’s field, so some warning is recommended. DESTINY’S DELIGHT is a 5-year-old mare taking over the boys, however she goes for her hat-trick after victories over 1500M and the most recent over 1600M by slightly below a half-length. She struck the entrance on the prime of the house straight that day after which held off all of the late challengers within the sprint all the way down to the wire. From her useful draw three, the trio may be very a lot on the playing cards.
RUSSLEY CROWN tried to go from soar to wire when ending second final outing over 1600M, crushed only a short-head. He’s drawn the widest in gate 9, however will get 3kgs taken off his again because of his claiming apprentice and is prone to try comparable frontrunning techniques at this time. The gelding might show arduous to reel in over the closing levels.
EASTERN GLOW then again has cracked pole place and misplaced a size at the beginning, earlier than chasing arduous to finish up in fourth place final outing over 1460M, simply over two and a half lengths behind the winner. The gelding must be included in all bets.
Race 6
ACCREDITED is a three-time winner from seven begins and adopted up his penultimate run victory over 1200M with a third-place end subsequent outing over 1100M, slightly below one and a half lengths again from the winner, when getting back from a 19-week break. He raced simply behind the pace in that occasion after which completed off his race effectively, suggesting that he ought to admire the additional floor on supply right here. The gelding has a helpful draw two and would have come on additional with that run beneath his belt and is taken to be the perfect wager on the day’s card.
HUGHES has constant formlines to his title and frolicked approaching the house flip, however made good late progress to complete third in his newest outing over 1400M, simply over one and a half lengths again from the victor. He has a large draw 9 and returns from a 43-week spell with out having had the good thing about a barrier trial, so his health should be taken on belief, however the truth that his connections have introduced him again into racing after such a prolonged absence would appear to counsel that they consider that he nonetheless has one thing extra to supply them.
NEED SOME LUCK received his penultimate begin over 1200M after which completed ninth final outing over 1300M, 4.3L off the winner, however he was bumped on the 900M mark, and the type of that race has stood up effectively with three runners out of that contest subsequently profitable. He was additionally getting back from a 31-week break that day and will put his pole place to good use to be concerned within the end.
Race 7
MOGO MAGIC is a five-time winner from seven begins and was getting back from a 32-week break, however stayed on effectively to complete third in his newest outing over 1000M, slightly below a size and a half off the winner. He has pulled gate seven and will likely be hoping to bounce again to profitable methods at this time.
JEDIBEEL received his penultimate begin over 1000M after which completed second subsequent outing over 1100M, only a half lengths behind the winner, however he got here 4 broad into the house stretch on that event, earlier than hitting the road arduous. The gelding has his peak run after getting back from a 24-week absence and faces a large draw sixteen, however he’s prone to be dropped out of it within the early levels after which begin to decide off the entrance runners over the latter a part of the race.
PASSEGGIATA is a 4-year-old filly taking over the boys, however she has completed second in her final two begins since getting back from a prolonged 43-week spell, the most recent over 1000M, 1.3L again from the winner. She tried to go from gun to tape on that event, solely to be run out of it late. The filly should negotiate a large draw eleven, however she ought to use her early gate pace to maneuver throughout with out expending an excessive amount of power.
Race 8
The day’s worth wager, ALLHALLOWTIDE has completed third in his final two runs and was sluggish away and got here the widest of all of them into the house straight when 7.7L adrift of the victor final outing over 1800M, so he had his excuses. The type of that race has nevertheless been franked and he stored chasing proper all the way down to the wire, implying that he ought to take pleasure in the additional floor on supply right here. The gelding will get a set of blinkers re-fitted and if this transfer has the specified impact, he must be an enormous runner right here, leaping from gate six.
YET HE MOVES needed to be steadied off the heels of one other runner and by no means actually recovered from that to finish up in eighth spot final outing over 1900M, 7.8L again from the winner, in order that effort is greatest ignored. While going through a large draw ten, he will get the companies of non-claiming apprentice, Zac Lloyd, son of ex-SA champion jockey, Jeff Lloyd, to assist his trigger.
FRANKLY ELEGANT is a 4-year-old filly taking over males, however she has her hat-trick run after profitable 1800M and over this c&d final outing, albeit by only a head. She likes to race up with the tempo and from gate 5 she must be proper up there once they hit the road.