13:35 Turffontein

Saturday 9 April 2022

All10:4011:1011:4512:2012:5513:3514:1214:4715:2215:57

Dave Bullock, Douglas Roper, Simon Rahilly, Lawrence Riley Classified Stakes

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: -

(5)

Twice As Splendid⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Danielson| T: Grant Maroun| CD

11/4

Course winner. Good third of 13 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 13/2) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-20233

(8)

Corvette Captain¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| OR: 78| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Creditable fourth of 12 in minor event (10/1) at this C&D (good) 16 days ago.

Form: 410-154

(3)

Paityns Pride^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Candice Dawson| CD

10/1

C&D winner. One win from 3 runs last year. Good fifth of 13 in handicap (16/1) at Vaal (6f, good) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 1069-45

(1)

Spiritofthegroove^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Calvin Habib| T: Sean Tarry| OR: 105| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fourth of 10 in minor event (5/1) at this C&D (good) 16 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 74-8934

(2)

Global Ransom¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Paul Peter| CD

5/2

Course winner. Fifth of 8 in minor event (50/1) at this course (5.8f, good) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 037-065

(7)

Charge Down¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Candice Dawson| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Winner here in January. Ninth of 12 in minor event at this C&D (good, 15/4) 16 days ago.

Form: 434-19

(6)

Abalus¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Ryan Munger| T: Ashley Fortune

13/2

Bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good, 11/2) 16 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 35-5337

(4)

Twosidestoastory¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Kaidan Brewer⁽³⁾| T: Tony Nassif| C

28/1

Course winner. Last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW, 25/2) 12 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 366868

(9)

Double Martini²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Joshwin Solomons⁽³⁾| T: Sean Tarry| C

14/1

40/1, very good third of 14 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 50000-3

(10)

Tiki Taka^b⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Erico Verdonese| OR: 55| CD

50/1

Course winner. One win from 29 Flat runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. 100/7, fourteenth of 15 in minor event at Vaal (7f, good) 46 days ago.

Form: 403-490

(12)

Bridge Of Spies¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Wesley Marwing| T: Daniel Pretorius| C| D

66/1

Course winner. Two wins from 54 Flat runs. Forty runs since last win in 2019. Last of 12 in minor event (25/1) at this C&D (good) 16 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 788-900

Non-Runners

(11)

Grindelwald⁴⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: Grant Maroun J: Philasande Mxoli

(13)

On The Warpath²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: Grant Maroun J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Global Ransom (5/2), Twice As Splendid (11/4), Spiritofthegroove (5/1), Corvette Captain (11/2), Abalus (13/2), Grindelwald (8/1), Paityns Pride (10/1), Charge Down (12/1), Double Martini (14/1), Twosidestoastory (28/1), Tiki Taka (50/1), Bridge Of Spies (66/1)

GLOBAL RANSOM has been hard to fault in recent starts and is up to winning this. Abalus gets the nod among the remainder, while Spiritofthegroove deserves some consideration too.