Bad Medicine can cure the Muzi blues

Jack Milner

For the second successive week, the weather has intervened in racing at Fairview and once again, Friday’s turf meeting has been moved to the Polytrack.

After gallops on Thursday morning and with penetrometer readings above 32, officials were forced to make the move.

While race times remain unchanged the distance of Race 6, a Pinnacle Stakes, has been reduced from 2400m to 2200m.

Last week the change actually failed to make a negative impression and followers of this column were lucky enough to have caught the Pick 6, which paid in excess of R17,000 as well as both Jackpots.

The same hopefully will apply this week the change of surface is not only unlikely to impact negatively on the chances of best bet Bad Medicine but could actually enhance them.

This Kelly Mitchley-trained Vercingetorix gelding is unbeaten in four starts since joining her yard last December and the first of these was a facile victory over 2000m on the surface.

This four-year-old is still improving, so has a bright future, and his rider, Muzi Yeni, has been aboard him for all of his victories. Bad Medicine also beat a number of these rivals last time out over 2800m on the turf.

 

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 3 Eternal Spirit, 9 Wild Star, 7 Trickle Charge, 6 On The Outside

Race 2: 1 Turbulent, 4 Here Comes Johnny, 5 Eugenius, 17 Rush Green

Race 3: 8 Straight Red, 7 Green Point, 4 Indestructable, 2 Sixtyzero

Race 4: 7 Alakazam, 8 Oh Mandy, 4 One Summer, 2 Blue Dame

Race 5: 4 Too Late My Mate, 1 One Dance, 6 Barolo, 8 Captain’s Jet

Race 6: 2 Bad Medicine, 1 Bournemouth, 4 Home Reef, 3 Juan Carlos

Race 7: 6 Can You Danse, 1 Detailed Forecast, 3 Rhythm, 2 One Too Many

Race 8: 2 Ingqwele, 4 Above The Horizon, 9 Wild Fig, 7 Stokesy

 

BEST BET

Race 6: 2 Bad Medicine

VALUE BET

Race 3: 8 Straight Red

BEST SWINGER

Race 7 1×6

 

BIPOT

R144

Leg 1: 3, 7, 9

Leg 2: 1, 4, 5, 17

Leg 3: 4, 7, 8

Leg 4: 7, 8

Leg 5: 1, 4

Leg 6: 2

 

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 1, 4, 5

Leg 2: 4, 7, 8

Leg 3: 7, 8

Leg 4: 1, 4

Leg 5: 2

Leg 6: 1, 6

Leg 7: 2, 4, 9

 

PICK 6

R720

Leg 1: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8

Leg 2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8

Leg 3: 1, 4, 6, 8

Leg 4: 2

Leg 5: 1, 6

Leg 6: 2, 4, 9

 

JACKPOT 1

R48

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8

Leg 2: 1, 4, 6, 8

Leg 3: 2

Leg 4: 1, 6

 

JACKPOT 2

R24

Leg 1: 1, 4, 6, 8

Leg 2: 2

Leg 3: 1, 6

Leg 4: 2, 4, 9