Mitchley and Greeff to split feature honours at TAB Fairview
Jack Milner
Trainer Kelly Mitchley has been in a good vein of form since winning the Grade 2 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville with top filly Marchland and her star three-year-old will be back on her home track on Sunday in the hope of keeping her unbeaten record on track when she lines up in the Listed Konica Minolta SA Stakes for three-year-olds over 1600m at TAB Fairview.
Marchland is unbeaten in four starts, all with Muzi Yeni in the irons. After winning the 1200m East Cape Fillies Nursery and the Lady’s Slipper Stakes over 1400m, she was taken to Durban where she gave the best two-year-old fillies in the country the same treatment.
There is no doubt that Marchland’s connection will be aiming their filly at the Grade 1 Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth in December, so this race is a warm-up for that event.
However, despite this being her first run since July, Marchland has been a revelation and comes into this race as the best weighted runner by at least 4kg.
Another looking to keep a perfect record intact is another top Eastern Cape filly, Anotherdanceforme. Greeff’s charge will attempt to extend her unbeaten run at Fairview to 12 in the Listed TAB Casino Algoa Cup over 2000m. While she is unbeaten at Fairview, Greeff’s champ does not travel well and has fluffed her lines in two of her three races outside the province.
She has an incredible turn of foot but she will be racing in a handicap and hands weight to all bar last year’s winner, Zatara Magic.
In her favour is that she has been dominant on both turf and Polytrack against whatever the opposition and has shown stamina by winning both the East Cape Oaks over the same track and trip, and the 2200m World Sports Betting East Cape Derby which was run on the Polytrack this year.
She could be better than rated and also has Fourie in the irons. In addition, she is well enough drawn in gate No 5.
The biggest threat is likely to come from well-weighted Justin Snaith-trained Prairie Dawn. The four-year-old son of The United States finished third in the Pocket Power Stakes last season where he had subsequent Grade 3 Campanajo winner, Magic Verse, just behind him. He also will carry just 52kg, which means he will be getting 7.5kg from Anotherdanceforme.
Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 5 Digital Warfare, 6 Total Eruption, 7 Witching Hour, 2 Window To My Soul
Race 2: 1 Nannie Gold, 13 Gimmethebeatboys, 6 Princess Chante, 2 Lolly Willowes
Race 3: 9 Ventura Boulevard, 8 Call Of The Karoo, 2 Sports Fan, 1 Instaworthy
Race 4: 4 US Ranger, 1 Anuschka’s World, 6 Danish Dynamite, 3 Cliff Top
Race 5: 1 Astronomical Boy, 7 Rooster Bradshaw, 8 Blame It On Me, 3 Lotus Silk
Race 6: 2 Marchland, 1 Gimmethatworldcup, 3 From The Island, 6 Bello Gallico
Race 7: 2 Anotherdanceforme, 10 Prairie Dawn, 3 Bad Medicine, 4 Kleinzee
Race 8: 2 Fantine, 6 Hoodwinked, 3 Asinantanga, 11 Sixtyzero
Race 9: 1 Madra Rua, 2 Bel Canto Dream, 3 Quinn’s Time, 11 Rocking In Rio
BEST BET
Race 6: 2 Marchland
VALUE BET
Race 9: 1 Madra Rua
BEST SWINGER
Race 2 1×13
BIPOT
R96
Leg 1: 1, 13
Leg 2: 2, 8, 9
Leg 3: 1, 4
Leg 4: 1, 3, 7, 8
Leg 5: 2
Leg 6: 2, 10
PLACE ACCUMULATOR
R216
Leg 1: 8, 9
Leg 2: 1, 4
Leg 3: 1, 7, 8
Leg 4: 2
Leg 5: 2
Leg 6: 2, 5, 6
Leg 7: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11
PICK 6
R1575
Leg 1: 1, 4, 6
Leg 2: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8
Leg 3: 2
Leg 4: 2, 3, 10
Leg 5: 2, 3, 5, 6, 11
Leg 6: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 14
JACKPOT 1
R75
Leg 1: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8
Leg 2: 2
Leg 3: 2, 3, 10
Leg 4: 2, 3, 5, 6, 11
JACKPOT 2
R105
Leg 1: 2
Leg 2: 2, 3, 10
Leg 3: 2, 3, 5, 6, 11
Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 14