After the five-legged Kenilworth Saturday Pick 6 paid a dividend of R53 989, players will be keen to get involved in today’s guaranteed pool Hollywoodbets Scottsville Pick 6.
Hawwaam’s stand out banker status failed to fire the Kenilworth Pick 6 all the way to the projected R5 million mark, the pool falling just R214 000 short of target.
The dividend was, nevertheless, a healthy one considering two tote favourites won.
Wynkelder and Ultra Magnus go head to head in early October (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Today’s Hollywoodbets Scottsville Pick 6 is guaranteed to reach R1,5 million and with the added bonus of an on-course winning ticket top-up of 10% on the dividend, a nice holiday crowd is expected.
Track conditions are ‘good to soft’ with the false rail set at 3m. Jockeys Craig Zackey and Sherman Brown have been stood down.
The Pick 6 kicks off in the fourth at 13h45.
Big fields and the absence of a genuine banker suggest a reasonable dividend is on the cards. Warren Kennedy and Anton Marcus could be the jockeys to follow, while S’manga Khumalo topped the Hollywoodbets KZN Sizzling Summer Challenge after Friday evening’s Hollywoodbets Greyville meeting.
A quality Pinnacle Stakes sees Ultra Magnus, Wynkelder and Rebel’s Champ squaring up after the trio clashed in the Gr2 Joburg Merchants on Summer Cup day.
While Ultra Magnus ran a cracking fourth after winning three on the trot at home, he will have to be at his best to hold Wynkelder who looks the right one.
Paul Peter and Warren Kennedy are the hottest combination in the country at the moment and Rebel’s Champ must go into all perms. It looks the one leg where we could go narrow.
As happened at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday evening, where the Pick 6 rocketed from a potential minimum dividend of only R18 000 going into the last leg, to a payout of over R900 000 courtesy of Captain Demonami, the final leg today is a tricky one.
Oratorio’s daughter Orchid Express is the likely PA banker, but Pick 6 players need to include more with the improving Wylie’s Lass, Dennis Drier’s Leanna and the in-form Puller stable’s Brunilda, possible inclusions.
The first race is off at 12h05.
