Billy Jacobson and Morne Winnaar will be looking to hold onto their advantage in the third round of Levelling The Playing Fields series to be run over 1600m at Scottsville tomorrow, the series supporting the Festival of Speed.

Billy Jacobson (Nkosi Hlophe)

The unique concept allows for trainers to nominate one horse that qualifies as a KwaZulu-Natal-bred, to compete at Scottsville in three qualifying legs over 1200, 1400m and 1600m respectively with the top twelve points earners qualifying for the 1400m final to be run at Greyville on Sunday, June 25.

Jockeys are allotted by ballot and Jacobson and Winnaar are fighting it out with Jacobson leading by three points. Jacobson won the first two legs on Putchini and The Poet respectively while Winnaar finished second in his first leg heat and then won on the mare Brave And Bold in his second leg heat.

Tomorrow, Winnaar will be aboard the well fancied Royal Agree in his heat, Glen Kotzen’s filly being first and fourth in her first two races, while Jacobson has been less fortunate and drawn rank outsider Roy’s Power in his heat.

As far as the horses go, Brave And Bold in tomorrow’s first leg, and Putchini, in tomorrow’s second leg are the current points leaders just ahead of Royal Agree and Reactive, both in the same heat.

The series is aimed at KZN-bred horses that are tough and versatile. The horses are drawn at random for individual heats and the random allocation of jockeys ensures that it is not only the top guns in the jockey’s room that get a chance at the R50 000 bonuses and the elevated stakes on offer.

By Andrew Harrison