Durbanville (photo: hamishNIVENPhotography)
A competitive card kicks off in the Mother City at Durbanville today.
The first race starts at 11h50 and the lucky last will close off proceedings at 16h30.
Queen Niyabah from the Glen Kotzen stable looks to be the best bet on the programme.
Jimmy The Rich writes that she produced a very good debut effort over 1200m at Kenilworth. She showed good speed that day and the manner in which she challenged to the winning post was encouraging.
The daughter of Kingsbarns would have gained from the experience and if not too green around the turn, she should take a power of beating.
The best value on the day could come in the first race in the form of Desert Illusion. The son of Willow Magic may not have seen out the 1400m of his last start.
However, the form line looks strong with multiple horses coming out to win since. The run that catches the eye is when finishing fourth over this course and distance in his penultimate effort.
He does not meet the strongest field today and Greg Cheyne may be able to coax that little bit extra out of him where it matters most.
Liam Tarentaal and Keagan de Melo are not riding today.
The false rail is in the original position on the back straight and bend, with a 2m cut-off at the 550m mark.
- The Bipot starts in the second at 12h25
- The Place Accumulator starts in the third at 13h00
- The Pick 6 starts in the fourth at 13h35
- Jackpot 1 starts in the fifth race at 14h10
- Jackpot 2 starts in the sixth race at 14h45
