11:50 Kenilworth

Saturday 3 December 2022

All10:4011:1511:5012:2513:0513:4014:1514:5015:25

Freeman Stallions Middle Stakes (F & M)

Off time: 11:53 | Winning time: 1m 53.17s

(1)

Evening Primrose¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Gareth (jnr)| D

8/1

Latest win at Greyville in October. 10/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 435410-

(2)

Academic Gold¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Grant Van Niekerk| T: Willem Nel| OR: 72| C

5/2

Course winner. Latest win here in July. Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (good, 7/1) 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 612334-

(3)

Rockie Reef⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jabu Jacobs| T: Peter Muscutt

6/1

Latest win at Greyville in July. 9/2, good third of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good) 41 days ago.

Form: 741133-

(4)

Virginia Sweet¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Glen Kotzen| D

20/1

Winner at Scottsville in July. 33/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 17 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 332177-

(5)

She's A Rainbow¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Brett Crawford| C

11/1

Course winner. Eighth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (good, 16/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 6/73508-

(6)

Silverlinks³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: M Yeni| T: Justin Snaith| CD

15/8

5/2, career best when winning 12-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 34 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 0621-

(7)

Metar¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford| C

9/2

Course winner. Latest win at Durbanville in September. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 8/1) 17 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 321134-

Non-Runners

(8)

Defining Moment⁴²

Weight: 8-3| Age: 3

T: Candice Bass-Robinson J: G Wright

Forecasts

Silverlinks (15/8), Academic Gold (5/2), Metar (9/2), Rockie Reef (6/1), Evening Primrose (8/1), She's A Rainbow (11/1), Virginia Sweet (20/1), Defining Moment (22/1)

METAR looks to have just about the best credentials but hasn't much room for error. Silverlinks is most likely the toughest threat, while Rockie Reef is also in the running for some place money at least.