11:55 Scottsville

Saturday 4 June 2022

All10:4511:2011:5512:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:25

Chimichuri Run (2019) Mr 75 Handicap

Off time: 11:55 | Winning time: -

(1)

Thunder Masala^b⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Garth Puller

22/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 8-runner maiden (33/19) at Greyville (8.4f, AW) 82 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 07-231

(2)

Cyber Time^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S Khumalo| T: Louis Goosen| C

9/1

Course winner. Winner here in January. Blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good, 33/1) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 4-21489

(3)

Bayview Express^b²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lerena| T: Yogas Govender| C

20/1

Course winner. Creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at Greyville (8.4f, AW, 14/1) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 49-9696

(4)

Napoleon¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Grant Van Niekerk| T: Justin Snaith| BF| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Winner here in February. Good ½-length second of 10 to Queue Wing in handicap (9/4) at Greyville (8f, AW) 19 days ago. Booking of Van Niekerk a plus. Should go well again.

Form: 23-3122

(5)

Specially Selected²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Lafferty| BF| C

12/1

Course winner. Winner here in April. Creditable sixth of 14 in handicap (9/2) at Greyville (7f, good) 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 3-22316

(6)

Astrocyte¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Paul Peter

5/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in April. Good third of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good, 10/1) 16 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 64-1413

(7)

Escape Artist^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Sean Tarry

13/2

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in April. 13/2, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 7 days ago.

Form: 714714

(8)

Preemptive Strike¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: S Veale| T: Dennis Drier

17/2

5/2, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Greyville (7f, AW) 19 days ago. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 35-2462

(9)

Space News²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Munger| T: Carl Hewitson| C| D

40/1

Course winner. 16/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Greyville (9f, good) 21 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 389-040

(10)

Whispers Of War⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Calvin Habib| T: Gareth (jnr)

33/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Greyville in March. 5/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (9.4f, AW) 51 days ago.

Form: 286-018

(11)

Billy Bazooka²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: R Fourie| T: Paul Lafferty| C

18/1

Course winner. Latest win here in February. 66/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (9f, good) 21 days ago. Booking of Fourie a plus. Others have achieved more.

Form: 1-91350

(12)

Queue Wing¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Serino Moodley| T: Garth Puller

10/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. 4/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Greyville (8f, AW) 19 days ago by ½ length from Napoleon. Others more persuasive.

Form: 218-061

(13)

A Whole New World^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Jason Gates| T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo| C

50/1

Course winner. Creditable 4 lengths fifth of 10 to Queue Wing in handicap (33/1) at Greyville (8f, AW) 19 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 5-86985

(14)

Manhatten Cafe²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Donovan Dillon| T: Peter Muscutt| C

12/1

Course winner. Winner here in February. 10/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (9f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 5-1220

(15)

Rodriguez²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Craig Zackey| T: Lorenzo Karriem| C

13/2

Course winner. First run since leaving A. B. Fortune when 5¼ lengths eleventh of 14 to Zapatillas in Gr 2 (125/1) at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2-56730

Non-Runners

Secret Giver²⁶

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Gavin Van Zyl J: Reserve 1

Hey Bill²⁶

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: Michael Roberts J: Reserve 2

Valencia¹⁹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: Gareth (jnr) J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Napoleon (3/1), Astrocyte (5/1), Rodriguez (13/2), Escape Artist (13/2), Preemptive Strike (17/2), Cyber Time (9/1), Queue Wing (10/1), Manhatten Cafe (12/1), Specially Selected (12/1), Billy Bazooka (18/1), Bayview Express (20/1), Thunder Masala (22/1), Whispers Of War (33/1), Space News (40/1), A Whole New World (50/1)

PREEMPTIVE STRIKE is running well enough to take this but this is an open race. Napoleon seems best of the remainder, while Manhatten Cafe is perhaps the most interesting of the others.