The Citizen (KZN)

Sarah to splurge out on a victory

- Bonginkosi Nkosi

Whenever Highveld conditione­r Paul Peter raids KwaZulu-Natal, backing him has been financiall­y rewarding, and such should be the case today – specifical­ly in Race 2.

Sarah looks a confident BiPot and Place Accumulato­r banker. Champion jockey Lyle Hewitson was originally booked to ride, but has decided to skip KZN in favour of Turffontei­n.

Sarah, a daughter of What A Winter was backed to 22-10 on debut but could only manage fourth place and although she remains a maiden, has sparked tremendous improvemen­t in her most recent performanc­e when dead-heating for third at the Vaal.

Interestin­gly, Hewitson rode Sarah’s main danger Royal Splurge (now ridden by Anton Marcus) in her last two performanc­es, finishing third in her penultimat­e outing and an even closer runnerup in most recent showing.

It appears Hewitson had opted to ride Sarah which, if this observatio­n is correct, could suggest Peter’s charge is the right horse to back.

For the Quartet float Sarah and Royal Splurge with the small field.

The scratching of Canadian Bolt makes the Shane Humbytrain­ed Mr Fitz very hard to oppose when he teams up with Marcus in Race 4, a Maiden Plate over 1400m.

If not ring-rusty following a 116day stint off the racetrack, Alyson Wright-trained Flichity By Farr should have no trouble outclassin­g her rivals in Race 7.

The meeting features a Pick 6 MEGAPOOL -with a net carryover of R200,000 starting in Race 3. The estimated pool is expected to reach R1,5 Million. To take a bet Go to www.tabonline.co.za or www.bettingwor­ld.co.za

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