12:50 Greyville

Monday 28 February 2022

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Off time: 12:51 | Winning time: -

(1)

King's Cove^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: M Yeni| T: Doug Campbell| C

3/1

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable second of 12 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D (AW) 14 days ago.

Form: 224-952

(2)

Querari's Cowboy^b¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Patrick Lunn| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 25/3, last of 9 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 12 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 363-439

(3)

Manhatten Cafe²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Donovan Dillon| T: Peter Muscutt

3/1

20/1, won 12-runner maiden at Scottsville (8f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Has good chance on form.

Form: 5-1

(4)

Velvet Season^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽⁹⁾| T: Willem Nel| CD

13/2

One win from 21 Flat runs. Very good fourth of 11 in handicap at this course (7f, AW, 50/7) 28 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 2530/7-4

(5)

Command Council^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Khanya Sakayi| T: Darryl Moore| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Winner here in October. Tenth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 200/3) 14 days ago.

Form: 33197-0

(6)

Lord Minver¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: S Veale| T: Carl Hewitson

25/1

Course winner. Winner here in September. 200/3 and blinkered for 1st time, eighth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 14 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 1090-08

(7)

Star Crusade²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Serino Moodley| T: Garth Puller| C

11/2

Course winner. Latest win here in January. Eighth of 10 in handicap (25/4) at this course (8f, AW) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 8697-18

(8)

National Flag^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁹⁾| T: Paul Lafferty

14/1

20/1, career best when winning 10-runner maiden at Scottsville (11.9f, good) 15 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 337-091

Non-Runners

(9)

Living Waters⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo J: Rachel Venniker

Forecasts

Querari's Cowboy (5/2), Manhatten Cafe (3/1), King's Cove (3/1), Star Crusade (11/2), Living Waters (6/1), Velvet Season (13/2), National Flag (14/1), Command Council (14/1), Lord Minver (25/1)

MANHATTEN CAFE is just about best of these all things considered but this is an open race. Querari's Cowboy could provide the toughest opposition, while King's Cove edges things for third.