Scottsville runner comments

Betway ambassador Mike de Kock has three runners at the Scottsville meeting, including runners in two features.

He saddles the ASSM Syndicate’s consistent three-year-old White Pearl in Race 7, the SA Fillies Sprint over 1200m and said: “She’s a game and talented filly and she has a big win in her. This is a good field, no easy task but I have a feeling she will be at her best over 1200m and I give her a chance. She’s not out of it.”

Zinovi lines up for the same ownership in Race 8, the Golden Horse Sprint over 1200m. He’s posted impressive wins against weaker opposition, but Mike said: “He’s not without a chance in this league. He has had three excellent runs since his wind operation, two wins and a second. He’ll enjoy a hot pace, there is plenty of it in this race, so I’d include him. He’s a decent horse.”

Arividicio will come under starter’s orders in Race 3 over 1400m. He has had several unsuccessful attempts this year, but Mike has persisted with him and said: “He’s run two poor races at Greyville on the polytrack but he hated the surface. You can draw a line through both runs. His rating has dropped to MR66 and he has won at Scottsville. He has a shout from a good draw, back on turf.”