14:00 Greyville

Wednesday 14 September 2022

All11:3512:1012:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

www.galloptv.co.za Fm 65 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 1m 37.03s

(1)

Mode⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Doug Campbell

7/1

One win from 33 Flat runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap (7/1) at this course (9.9f, AW) 42 days ago. Back down in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 404745-

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(2)

Victory Vision¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Doug Campbell

25/1

40/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Scottsville (7f, good) 18 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 04/3318-

(3)

Iron Chef⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: K De Melo| T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 13 runs this year. Latest win here in August. 3/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, AW) 9 days ago.

Form: 821214-

(4)

Acacia's Blossom¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Serino Moodley| T: Lorenzo Karriem

7/2

Winner here in August. 33/10, seventh of 10 in handicap at Scottsville (7f, good) 18 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 7517-

(5)

My Cherie Amour⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: C Ngcobo| T: Glen Kotzen| BF| C

10/3

Course winner. Winner here in June. 18/10, tenth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 74 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 5/7150-

(7)

Venturous⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Calvin Habib| T: Carl Hewitson| C

9/2

Course winner. Winner here in April. 16/1, good third of 12 in handicap at this course (7f, AW) 86 days ago.

Form: 541393-

(8)

Roy's Rocker^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Kumaran Naidoo| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 4/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, AW) 9 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 367916-

(9)

Red Rosa³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Cole Dicken| T: Garth Puller| C

14/1

Course winner. Latest win here in April. 1¼ lengths sixth of 12 to Iron Chef in handicap at this course (9.4f, AW, 25/1) 30 days ago.

Form: 186606-

(10)

Cozy Dot Com^b²³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽⁹⁾| T: Lola Crawford| C

7/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. Neck second of 8 to Roy's Rocker in handicap at this C&D (AW, 7/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 652072-

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(6)

Special Charm²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Paul Matchett J: M Yeni

Forecasts

My Cherie Amour (10/3), Acacia's Blossom (7/2), Iron Chef (4/1), Venturous (9/2), Mode (7/1), Cozy Dot Com (7/1), Special Charm (7/1), Roy's Rocker (11/1), Red Rosa (14/1), Victory Vision (25/1)

COZY DOT COM is just about the pick in this line up. Mode is a principal challenger, while Venturous is another that merits respect.