Anotherdanceforme to defy draw

Jack Milner

It comes as no surprise these days, but once again Friday’s meeting at Fairview which was carded to be run on the turf, has been transferred to the Polytrack.

In a statement released yesterday, they announced penetrometer readings were still high in places, ranging between 40 and 45.

Fairview had a further 7ml of rain overnight and more rain is being predicted for today. As a result, the meeting has been moved to the Polytrack.

There are two important changes. Firstly, there is a distance change to Race 6, the Port Eliabeth Gold Cup which has been reduced for 3200m to 3150m.

In addition, Race 1, previously a Work Riders race, is now a jockeys’ race. That is because the 100m on the Polytrack is around the turn and not all the riders are qualified to ride in races around the turn.

Other than the Gold Cup the other feature on the card comes up in Race 7 and is the Listed

East Cape Paddock Stakes over 1600m and this is headed up by the darling of the Eastern Cape, Anotherdanceforme.

The field has been reduced to 14 runners after Justin Snaith withdrew Swiatek, but there are some Western Cape-trained runners set to make the trip.

Alan Greeff-trained Anotherdanceforme has won nine of her 10 starts. The daughter of Master Of My Fate scared away most of her rivals and was an easy and impressive East Cape Derby winner in May. That was on the Polytrack over 2200m, and she drops in distance for this race.

She has, however, won both her starts over this particular course and distance and has also been seen to good effect on soft tracks.

Regular rider Richard Fourie has seven wins from eight rides aboard.

All of that suggests she will be hard to beat, but there are a couple of obstacles she will need to overcome this time around.

Drawn widest of all in stall No 14, and the fact that she gives weight to all her rivals, could see her having to work extra hard.

Greeff has five other runners carded, and the best of them could be Splicethemainbrace and Enchanting Choice, but one cannot rule out Silva City.

There are also some Western Cape rivals with ability who could pose threats. Roccapina represents trainer Candice Bass and will have JP van der Merwe in the saddle. She is fit and is well enough drawn.

Ice Rain is even better drawn in stall No. 3, and Serino Moodley should get a decent ride aboard her.

The Port Elizabeth Gold Cup (Non-Black Type) over 3150m is the other feature race on this card, and it should produce an exciting finish.

Bad Medicine has won five of his starts at this centre since joining trainer Kelly Mitchley, including over 2800m in April, so he will be many people’s idea of the likely winner. The Vercingetorix gelding goes a bit further this time around and was only a 0.50-length winner that day over his rival in this race, Home Reef.

That particular runner won this race last year and must be respected for that.

Bournemouth, who represents the Greeff-Fourie combination, has tried twice to win this race and was runner-up a couple of years ago. He does his best under Fourie.

The runner who could upset all three, however, is Gentleman Joe. The Andre Nel-trained seven-year-old gelding receives a lot of weight from those runners, and although he has not gone this far before, he has won over 2500m, and Moodley knows how to get the best out of this gelding.

 

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 13 J Lordi, 1 Turbulent, 12 Mrs Shackleton, 2 Magnus The Good

Race 2: 7 Remind Me Of You, 6 Nobody’s Perfect, 3 Dancing Amber, 1 Blazing Flame

Race 3: 7 Silva Streaker, 5 Gimmethatworldcup, 9 Queen’s Away, 4 Futurologist

Race 4: 10 Kleinzee, 9 Above The Horizon, 6 Laguna Verde, 4 Porfirio

Race 5: 3 Action America, 2 Dynalley, 1 World Choice, 7 Coral Creek

Race 6: 2 Bad Medicine, 4 Gentleman Joe, 1 Bournemouth, 5 Anatolian Silver

Race 7: 1 Anotherdanceforme, 5 Roccapina, 10 Family Power, 3 Splicethemainbrace

Race 8: 6 Slash ‘N Burn, 5 Rhythm, 3 Chocolate Bomb, 2 Bourne Supremacy

 

BEST BET

Race 7: 1 Anotherdanceforme

VALUE BET

Race 1: 13 J Lordi

BEST SWINGER

Race 3 5×7

 

BIPOT

R288

Leg 1: 1, 13

Leg 2: 3, 6, 7

Leg 3: 5, 7

Leg 4: 6, 9, 10

Leg 5: 2, 3

Leg 6: 1, 2, 4, 5

 

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R324

Leg 1: 3, 6, 7

Leg 2: 5, 7

Leg 3: 6, 9, 10

Leg 4: 2, 3

Leg 5: 1, 2, 4

Leg 6: 1

Leg 7: 3, 5, 6

 

PICK 6

R1500

Leg 1: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9

Leg 2: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10

Leg 3: 1, 2, 3

Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Leg 5: 1

Leg 6: 2, 3, 5, 6

 

JACKPOT 1

R75

Leg 1: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10

Leg 2: 1, 2, 3

Leg 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Leg 4: 1

 

JACKPOT 2

R60

Leg 1: 1, 2, 3

Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Leg 3: 1

Leg 4: 2, 3, 5, 6