Internet Kid to get it right

MARK KHAN is becoming a familiar face in KZN and as a good friend of the late Alec Forbes, Khan is often booked by Alec’s widow Lezeanne.

The combination can get today’s Greyville card off to a winning start with the filly Roy’s Marlin.

It was all hands on deck at Scottsville last Sunday with some long-shot results and today’s poly card doesn’t look much easier.

Roy’s Marlin

Roy’s Marlin had shown little in a dozen starts, three modest places to be exact, before being tried in blinkers for the first time.

She was coming at them late when third behind Spiffy over course and distance last time out and the presence of Khan in the saddle could see her home.

Candy Galore could prove the biggest threat as she was not friendless in the market on debut and showed up well.

Internet Kid has had many chances but has been running consistently well and should be a cast-iron PA banker in the opening leg. He was touched off when trying to make all last time out and Anton Marcus has taken over in the saddle.

Kinglassie has been consistent since joining Kom Naidoo at the beginning of the year from Charles Laird but has been struggling to get it all together.

Marcus was a regular for Laird and is sure to have some inkling as to how Kinglassie’s ability.

Marcus is a master on the poly track and Kinglassie can get home ahead of Pashtoosh and Face Of An Angel.

My Zinzara

My Zinzara, winner of her last two, is a luke-warm 3-1 favourite for the fourth and that just about sums of the card. My Zinzara has won both of her starts since being fitted with blinkers but three on the trot may be stretching it a bit and Breaking Barriers can snap her winning streak.

Dennis Drier’s filly has her third run after a break and she was close-up behind the useful Pearl Glow last time out.

Shane Humby doesn’t run them often but when he does it’s worth sitting up and taking note.

Socrates is a four-year-old with only five starts under his girth, his last two being wins.

As mentioned, three on the trot is mostly a difficult ask but with hardly any miles on the clock, Socrates could go in again.

In a country where precocious speed dominates, Go Deputy is an under rated sire of stayers and Viking Red is only just coming into his own as a fiveyear-old.

His last two starts were over a ‘mile’ and the extra furlong today should suit Frank Robinson’s gelding.

Roman Courtesan

Humby saddles Roman Courtesan in the seventh and the mare should be cherry-ripe having her third run after a break. She has done well on the poly and maybe the pick in another competitive handicap.

Marcus could round off the afternoon for Mike Miller aboard Global Pursuit. The gelding shows good pace but tends to lack a little extra when challenged. His best recent effort has been on the poly and if Marcus can get him to settle he could prove difficult to peg back.