Winter Pearl looks a golden bet in the Cape

Ricky Maingard has trained some of the great horses in this country, probably headed up by Wolf Power.

He returned to training in South Africa in 2023 and slowly but surely he has been gaining momentum. At the moment Maingard is having a purple patch and his last 11 runners have produced six wins and a third place.

The horse that claimed the third spot was Winter Pearl. It was over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth and the seven-year-old gelding finished 1.75 lengths behind Fast Train.

The son of What A Winter will be back in action in Race 8, a Class 5 Handicap over 1200m at the same course on Tuesday and could notch up another victory for Maingard.

He has really comes to hand of late with his last seven races yielding one win five thirds ad a fifth.

What makes him a more exciting proposition is that Craig Zackey will be taking the ride on Winter Pearl.

He is not short of opponents and they are headed up by Ozark, who has some decent form and does tend to pop up on numerous occasions.

Richard Fourie takes the ride on this Paul Reeves-trained runner.

 

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 3 Peace Garland, 2 Juliet Of Verona, 1 Oh Isabella, 4 Golden Shimmer

Race 2: 3 Uncle Sam, 1 It’sgood It’snice, 6 African Wild Dog, 4 Warrior Of Destiny

Race 3: 5 Sicily, 6 Sierra Nevada, 4 Madra Rua, 8 Swift Serenity

Race 4: 3 Rock The Road, 9 Piteraq, 8 Scandalize, 4 Jewel Mule

Race 5: 4 Master Coiner, 11 Whatwillbewillbe, 6 Ready For The Road, 7 Masteronthemoon

Race 6: 2 Major Master, 6 Gold Giboski, 8 Mente Et Manu, 7 Pomp It Up

Race 7: 6 Miami Summer, 9 Loving Prague, 3 Clark Griswold, 7 Signor Dante

Race 8: 6 Winter Pearl, 5 Ozark, 4 Avignon, 3 Prince Of Tibet

 

BEST BET

Race 8: 6 Winter Pearl

VALUE BET

Race 3: 5 Sicily

BEST SWINGER

Race 1 2×3

 

BIPOT

R288

Leg 1: 2, 3

Leg 2: 1, 3

Leg 3: 4, 5, 6, 8

Leg 4: 3, 8, 9

Leg 5: 4, 6, 11

Leg 6: 2, 6

 

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 1, 3

Leg 2: 4, 5, 6

Leg 3: 3, 8, 9

Leg 4: 4, 11

Leg 5: 2, 6

Leg 6: 3, 6, 8

Leg 7: 6

 

PICK 6

R1600

Leg 1: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8

Leg 2: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9

Leg 3: 4, 6, 7, 11

Leg 4: 2, 6, 7, 8

Leg 5: 3, 6, 7, 9

Leg 6: 6

 

JACKPOT 1

R320

Leg 1: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9

Leg 2: 4, 6, 7, 11

Leg 3: 2, 6, 7, 8

Leg 4: 3, 6, 7, 9

 

JACKPOT 2

R64

Leg 1: 4, 6, 7, 11

Leg 2: 2, 6, 7, 8

Leg 3: 3, 6, 7, 9

Leg 4: 6