12:50 Greyville

Saturday 2 July 2022

All10:5011:3012:1012:5013:3014:1015:0015:4516:3017:1017:4518:15

DSTV Gold Vase (Grade 3)

Off time: 12:50 | Winning time: -

(1)

Smoking Hot^b⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Candice Dawson| OR: 81

9/1

Latest win at Turffontein in January. Very good 1¾ lengths fourth of 12 to Opera Glass in listed race (10/1) at Turffontein (11.9f, good) 70 days ago. Back up in trip. Shortlist material.

Form: 5-21664

(2)

Electric Surge²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 7-12| J: J V'd Merwe⁽¹⁾| T: Robbie Hill| OR: 87

25/1

Course winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2020. 6/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Scottsville (9.7f, good) 28 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 433353

(3)

Mystery Boy⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Khanya Sakayi| T: Lorenzo Karriem| C

28/1

Course winner. Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 11 in handicap at Scottsville (11.9f, soft, 8/1) 69 days ago. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving A. B. Fortune.

Form: 12-7000

(4)

Salvator Mundi¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Grant Van Niekerk| T: Justin Snaith

4/1

Latest win at Kenilworth in February. Creditable head second of 9 to Decorated in Gr 3 (17/2) at Scottsville (11.9f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Booking of Van Niekerk a plus.

Form: 5-71482

(5)

Monashada³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Francois Herholdt| T: Kumaran Naidoo

22/1

Very good 2½ lengths fourth of 12 to Silver Darling in Gr 1 (80/1) at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 435244

(6)

Imperial Ruby²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Craig Zackey| T: Corne Spies| OR: 102| C

20/1

14¾ lengths twelfth of 13 to Airways Law in Gr 3 at this course (9f, good to soft, 125/1) 21 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Rejoined yard after leaving C.Spies. Can make presence felt.

Form: 041860

(8)

Black Thorn³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: K De Melo| T: Sean Tarry

8/11

Five wins from 16 Flat runs. 9/4, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 30 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 1-23221

(9)

Paybackthemoney^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: M Yeni| T: Nathan Kotzen| OR: 91

28/1

Latest win at Turffontein in January. 14¾ lengths last of 9 to Decorated in Gr 3 (50/1) at Scottsville (11.9f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 0-18579

(10)

Rex Union³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: S Khumalo| T: Dean Kannemeyer

17/2

Latest win at Durbanville in March. 2¾ lengths seventh of 8 to Shango in Gr 3 (6/1) at this course (11.9f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 091347

Non-Runners

(7)

Crimson King²¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Glen Kotzen J: R Fourie

Forecasts

Black Thorn (8/11), Salvator Mundi (4/1), Rex Union (17/2), Smoking Hot (9/1), Crimson King (10/1), Imperial Ruby (20/1), Monashada (22/1), Electric Surge (25/1), Paybackthemoney (28/1), Mystery Boy (28/1)

SMOKING HOT took her form up another notch last time and has sound claims. Black Thorn is fancied to beat the rest, while Rex Union is perhaps the most interesting of the others.