Speedsters to strut their stuff at Scottsville

The accent will be on speed in the two R150,000 1000m feature events at Scottsville on Sunday and the one who fits the bill in the Sentinel Stakes (Non-Black Type) for two-year-olds, is Dennis Drier-trained Crown And Country with Sean Veale aboard.

This colt will be out to retain his unbeaten record with Veale up after having scored smartly on debut over 1000m at Greyville, and then backed again he obliged with a decisive three-length win over 1200m at Scottsville.

But play it safe and include Across Seattle, Van Halen and Little Winter in Pick 6 and Jackpot bets as they all have scope for further improvement.

Justin Snaith-trained eight-time winner Jo’s Bond has the class to prevail in Race 7, the KwaZulu-Natal Stakes (Listed) for fillies and mares. This mare’s last win was in a feature event over 1000m at Scottsville, and two runs later she was a bold fourth in the 1200m SA Fillies Sprint (Grade 1) at Scottsville. Best of the others are Neptune’s Rain, Sommerlied, Hashtag Strat and Lunar Rush.