Frank Lloyd Wright is an almost unbackable price for the TAB Telebet Maiden at Durbanville tomorrow but he will be many punters’ idea of a banker for multiple bets.
The Captain Al colt has finished second in four of his five races and this will be the third time that he has started odds-on but his Langerman performance – beaten only by One World – marks him apart from this opposition even if he was receiving all the allowances.
Richard Fourie’s mount, incidentally, is named after the American architect who developed the cantilever roof used on many of the most impressive racecourse stands around the world.
Richard Fourie
World Sports Betting opened him at 2-9 with the only others in single figures being the wide-drawn unraced Windcheater and Consul Of War who has been off for over ten months.
Snaith Racing, three winners here on Wednesday, are expecting another good day and they field the favourite in four of the eight races. All of them are ridden by Fourie and all may win.
Black Indy (17-10) has 19-20 shot More Magic to beat in the Tabonline.co.za Maiden. The latter has a decent draw for once whereas the selection will start widest of all. He does, however, hold More Magic by just over a length on their running a month ago and we have seen many times how a quick start here can make light of a bad draw whereas “giving the horse a chance” is usually the kiss of death.
Magnificent Seven is odds-on for the Betting World Handicap – unfortunately down to only four runners – and he may just be able to account for the Brett Crawford-trained Gimme One Night who has been running well over further.
But watch out for Red Peril. The top weight is the 10-1 outsider of the party but this is just the sort of race in which the wily Bill Prestage instructs his jockey to try and slip the field – and so often those tactics work on this course.
The Boston Rose has become a punter-reliable and those she has rewarded in the past are unlikely to desert her in the Supabets Handicap even though she has been off for three months and has gone up three points after only just holding on in her last race.
Adam Marcus has had a high strike rate in recent months and Red Rascal can further boost the averages in the Interbet Handicap at the principal expense of top weight Silver Master.
By Michael Clower
