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Friday 23 October 2020

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Champion Polytrack Master Newton Mr 68 Handicap

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: -

(4)

Hidden Influence^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Stallone Naidoo| T: Gavin Smith| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 4/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 301246-

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(10)

Elusive Diva^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Greg Cheyne| T: Alan Greeff| CD

12/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (13/2) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 264835-

(1)

Forty Days^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke Ferraris| T: Sharon Kotzen| CD

9/4

Won 10-runner handicap at this course (6.5f, 17/2) 14 days ago.

Form: 393841-

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Baltic Beat^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Gavin Smith| CD

3/1

Blinkered for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 10-runner maiden at this course (6.5f, 5/2) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 054241-

(2)

God Of Thunder⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Lerena| T: Montana Turner| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Winner here in September. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at this course (6.5f, 18/1) 4 days ago.

Form: 50/6166-

(3)

Wangan Midnight²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: C Maujean| T: T Laing| D

8/1

16/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 11 in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago. Booking of Maujean a plus. Difficult ask.

Form: 158887-

(5)

Beneficiary⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Lukas Bester| T: Jacques Strydom| CD

8/1

Didn't need to improve to win 12-runner handicap (15/2) at this C&D 4 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 544751-

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Basilica Santo^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Shadlee Fortune| T: Grant Paddock| CD

9/2

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 3/1, creditable second of 8 in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago.

Form: 386152-

Non-Runners

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Optimum⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Jacques Strydom J: Yuzae Ramzan

(7)

Off Pat²⁸

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: Sharon Kotzen J: Eldin Webber

Forecasts

Forty Days (9/4), Baltic Beat (3/1), Basilica Santo (9/2), Hidden Influence (7/1), Beneficiary (8/1), Wangan Midnight (8/1), Off Pat (10/1), God Of Thunder (12/1), Elusive Diva (12/1), Optimum (99/1)

BENEFICIARY's overall form just puts her out in front and she can follow uo a C&D win from 4 days ago. Baltic Beat makes most appeal of the others, while Basilica Santo commands a closer look as well.