Racing is on the Polytrack at Hollywoodbets Greyville tomorrow and there could be a couple of decent bets in the offing.
There was once a good bit of advice offered by a bookmaker that one should only take odds-on about a horse if it is a good reliable performer and not because it looks the best horse in a very weak field.
Overall, that is sage advice but there are times where one just needs to bite the bullet and go for it and that looks to be the case with Zena Rose in Race 2, a Conditional Maiden for fillies and mares over 1400m.
A quick glance at the form of this Duncan Howells-trained three-year-old daughter of Horizon might give one cause for concern as she has raced six times for two places. However, closer scrutiny of her runs reveals a lot more.
This story is from the December 09, 2024 edition of The Citizen.
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