Hindsight is a wonderful thing..

..and you don't need 20/20 vision to spot the hidden message that lurked across my two recent columns - 'The Kotzen concoction' and 'The 6's and the 8's'. The signs were there for none to see, all pointing to yesterday at Scottsville when Kotzen pounced on the 8th race with No.8, Lune De Miele at 25/1, tonking punters for the proverbial cricket 6!

At Summerveld on Wednesday morning I had been preaching to all that would listen - the impressive looking Lune De Miele had to be watched following the stable move. Time and time again we see how a change of environment can re-ignite the spark and turn things around for disappointing race horses.

Despite keeping a constant eye out for Derryl Daniels or Frikkie Greyling during my rounds that morning, both proved eerily elusive, leaving me unsure whether to make public mention to punters or not. In the end I didn't, so bad call yet again.. that's hindsight!

A misty morning at the Summerveld clubhouse on Wednesday. This scene lingered a mere minute or two before the veil was burnt away by the rising sun.

Interbet is pleased to announce that their mobile betting site is officially operational and open for business. Up until now the bookies' trading interface on Interbet had only been available to punters with computer and internet access; a very small percentage of the betting market. Now with the mobile site up and running, all that's needed is a GPRS cellphone (any brick will do, no smartphone required) to access the Bookies' wholesale trade prices via a simple and easy-to-use mobi version of the Interbet trading platform. Check it out right now and put it to good use - www.interbetsa.mobi

During the launch phase bets are limited to fixed odds over the bookies'

exchange with full Tote betting facilities to follow within a week or two.

It's going to be interesting to see how this mobi-move contributes to trade volumes now that everyman punter has access. More turnover means better prices and this is the reason why Interbet consistently provides the best odds in the business - their online trading platform is where the major SA bookies layoff and trade amongst each other. Now throw in the punting masses and their cellphones into the mix, turnover must go up and prices will come down even further - everyone's a winner so tell your friends about www.interbetsa.mobi

The famous James Goodman has won Intebet's latest ROI competition and receives R2000 as his prize. With Goodman needing no introduction, I decided to dig a little deeper than what recent history provides and unearthed some heyday shots of the playboy himself.

A flip down memory lane back to the 12th July 1975 when James Goodman as a fledgling trainer, saddled his first winner at Benoni Turf club.  Pictured is James and his mom Georgina, leading in the winner Prof-Hewmo. The jockey is H. Lasker.

The Goodman connection goes back further.. James' father Alan (left), with his twin brother Derrick (right), were reputedly the men about town of their time. Here they lead in Peralta, winner of the TRC sprint handicap in 1973, trained by Geo Azzie and ridden by R.E. Thompson.

Almost 31 years to the day, 19 August 1978 and another winner for the Goodmans; Pippa's birthday is lead in by James and his sister Phillipa.

Aboard is familiar face in KZN, Robbie Hill

Suavo! 1986 - Goodman with his trademark cigar in one hand - horse in the other, swaggers through with Duke of Marmalad after winning the Lonsdale Handicap at Milnerton over 2400m

This Goodman is a shrewdy, he dabbles in everything from race horse training, TV presenting and punting on sports & racing, through to sharking golfers of their grands on the 9 hole play. James lays claim to having pioneered racing television in South Africa and it is a great pleasure to honour him as an Interbet return on investment competition winner. So much so in fact that I'm beginning to think he's earned himself the right to challenge me to a tipping contest!

Jockeys to watch at the moment are Anthony Delpech and Brandon Lerena, both are on winning streaks and between them have won 50% of all KZN races over the last 3 meetings.  That's 12 wins out of 24 races (Delpech 7, Lerena 5) and if you add in Anton Marcus' 4 and Derryl Daniels' 3 wins, you've got 4 jockeys winning 80% of the races.

More reason to follow the hard working Brandon Lerena then who seems to be riding work everywhere and all-at-once in the mornings.. and it's paying dividends because he's getting a steady stream of engagements from Ashburton, Clairwood and Summerveld. Last weekend he rode a double for trainer Duncan Howells and looks lined up to do the same again this Sunday in the 2nd and 3rd races. His chances don't stop there either, in the 7th he rides the filly Another Shadow who ran 2nd to Mana Mou in the maiden race that has everyone talking at the moment. There's been 7 subsequent winners from that formline and all have been in runaway style. If the trend continues then Another Shadow may well come home lonely and score her 2nd successive win. In the 6th race another Brandon Lerena mount worth mentioning is Bold Pigeon, he goes over 1600m for only the 2nd time in his career and came from the clouds last time with a storming finish to grab 3rd over 1450m.

When at Summerveld in the mornings I always visit my connection Craig Eudey, and over the last few weeks Maritime Mist has been my first and often only stop for horsie-comms back at the yard. This of course puts me in a biased position to preview the 7th race on Sunday where she takes on Sheik's Jewel, another filly that I've followed very closely and have written about a few times before. These two look to have the race to themselves in what Craig is calling a rematch of their earlier encounter when Maritime Mist lost to Sheik's Jewel by a shorthead at Scottsville.  Clearly they've both been on the upgrade since then having put in excellent efforts competing in the winter features and it's a tough call to split them on Sunday. Comments from the opposing yards are positive, Stuart (assistant trainer) reports that Sheik's Jewel is spot on and Craig is right back at him with Maritime Mist's condition. No betting out at the time of writing so will have to wait for the bookies to lay out the percentages before going any further.

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Sheik's Jewel runs on Sunday