Conditions suit Kazuri
WEIGHTS: GREEFF RUNNER BENEFITS 3.5KG FROM SEX ALLOWANCE
Malinda in Race 2 looks the best bet on the card.
Punters are often wary, and not without cause, to back a filly against the colts. In most cases the colts do have an advantage but when you get a brilliant filly she is often exceptional. You just have to look at the likes of Black Caviar, Winx, Zenyatta and, closer to home, Igugu, Smart Call and Empress Club.
There are other times when a trainer picks a good option in a Maiden Plate, even if the filly concerned is unlikely to set the racing world alight.
That looks to be the case in Race 5 at Fairview tomorrow when Alan Greeff saddles Kazuri in a Maiden Plate over 1900m on the Polytrack.
He has found a moderate bunch of colts to take on and she comes into this race as the best handicapped runner. Had this been a handicap, Kazuri would meet American Captain at level weights as they both have a merit rating of 58. However, due to the race conditions, the three-year-old daughter of Dynasty will get 3.5kg from him.
Her form on the Polytrack is decent enough as she has raced on the surface on three occasions for two seconds and a third place. Last time, in a race over this course and distance against members of her own sex, she was beaten just a neck by Incomodation.
She is at least 3.5kg better handicapped than any of her opposition so she should be hard to beat. However, just in case the handicappers have got it all wrong, it would be wise to include American Captain in your exotic bets.
Ryan Munger has been filling in for an indisposed Lyle Hewitson in the Yvette Bremner yard and he looks to be riding the best bet on the card in Race 2 where he gets aboard Malinda.
She ran a two-length third behind Seattle Lily on debut and two winners have come from that form line.
She ran on strongly over 1000m, so this extra 200m should be right up her street despite a 74-day break. Going into the last two days of the 2017/18 racing season just one win separates Greg Cheyne and Aldo Domeyer on the jockeys’ log and, with a place in the South African team to ride in the International Jockey’s Challenge at Singapore on 25 September at stake, much is on the line for the two riders over these two days.
Domeyer, who has ridden 132 winners, is in action at Flamingo Park today while Cheyne, on 133, will be riding at Fairview tomorrow. Both have some good rides so following these guys could prove profitable.
Domeyer has seven rides at Flamingo and most of them are either at the top of the bookmakers’ boards or close to that position. He starts off with two rides for raiding trainer Paul Matchett and Liquid Gold in Race 1 has been priced up at 13-10 with Now And Forever in Race 2 at 12-10.
Matchett must believe his pair will perform well on the Flamingo Park sand and Now And Forever, in particular, looks hard to beat in a very weak field. Two runs back he finished just 3.80 lengths behind Big Voice Jack and that form was franked at Turffontein yesterday when Ormond Ferraris’ charge won again.
In Races 6, 7 and 8 all three of Domeyer’s rides are No 4 on the card and all three look to have good winning chances. In particular, Warrior Stone in Race 6 went down a short-head to Town Flyer last time but was hanging late and got touched off. He had an apprentice on board last time and stronger handling could make all the difference on this occasion.