The Hollywoodbets Scottsville meeting of Sunday May 17 has some good horses involved, including former Equus Horse Of The Year Dave The King.
The big Global View gelding will be out to win an A Stakes race over 1400m for the third year in succession. He won this race by three lengths and 3,20 lengths respectively in the last two years carrying 62kg and 61,5kg respectively and he should be able to win it again carrying 61,5kg. Callan Murray was up last year and is so again from a similarly wide draw and he will be in the lead or up with the pace before kicking a long way from home, such is this horse’s famously long run in. Aristocratic, a three-year-old who has his third run after gelding, is capable of a strong finish so might be able to give some cheek if Dave The King is below par. Imposing is capable of turning it on too. Zeitz is consistent and should make the frame. On paper King Pelles is the only one who can challenge Dave The King, but even then he is officially 3kg under sufferance and will find the trip too sharp.
The fourth race is interesting as the R4,25 million National Yearling Sale top-priced horse October Rush makes his debut for Dean Kannemeyer under Craig Zackey over 1200m. The two-year-old Rafeef colt has a speedy pedigree and should go close with Pritti United being the main danger, having arrived with some good Cape Town form and Andrew Fortune riding.
In the third leg over 1750m of the Pick 6 Gimme The Truth made a good KZN debut after improving with cheekpieces in his previous two Cape Town starts and he should take a power of beating.
In the seventh over 1600m Capsaicin is a long-striding sort who deserves a win and he could make a bold bid off a competitive merit rating. Kanaal Skater showed signs of coming back to form last time and does have some class. The talented The Shepherd finished second to Dave The King at this meeting two years ago and has his third run after a layoff here off a competitive merit rating with Gavin Lerena up.
In the eighth over 1600m Taylor’s Version, formerly from Cape Town, can make it three wins at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on the trot.
In the last leg of the Pick 6 Tladi Mothwana has caught the eye on a couple of occasions and was outgunned in a Gr 3 last time, so could be hard to beat back in an ordinary race.
The best bet could be Scots Wae Hae in the second. He is powerfully built and caught the eye when running third on debut to the promising Kudikaran. He we will be hard to beat in this 1000m contest under Gavin Lerena, although he will hopefully jump better than he did on debut.
