10:00 Greyville

Wednesday 14 December 2022

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Catch KZN Racing Via Live Streaming On www.galloptv.co.za Maiden Handicap

3YO plus | 5f 212y | 9 Runners | Polytrack | Weighed In

Off time: 10:03 | Winning time: 1m 12.0s

(1)

Shot Of Courage¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Timothy Pretorius

16/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. 16/1, first run since leaving D. I. Campbell when ninth of 17 in maiden at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 866949-

(2)

Cotton Ron¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Lorenzo Karriem

7/2

100/1, first run since leaving G. Van Zyl (Jnr) when creditable third of 17 in maiden at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 08/3-

(4)

Truly Brave¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Jason Gates| T: Corinne Bestel

14/1

Third of 7 in maiden (33/1) at this C&D (AW) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 005793-

(5)

Oshakati⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Serino Moodley| T: Garth Puller

6/5

Very good second of 7 in maiden (10/1) at this C&D (AW) 49 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Sets the benchmark.

Form: 07632-

(6)

Rio Supremo¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Kumaran Naidoo

9/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. 9/4, third of 10 in maiden at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 773243-

(7)

Olympic Standard²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽⁶⁾| T: Garth Puller

10/1

33/1, seventh of 11 in maiden at Scottsville (5f, soft) 24 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 677-

(8)

Sirnihaallongsword^b¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Thabiso Gumede| T: Kumaran Naidoo

18/1

25/1, sixth of 10 in maiden at Scottsville (5f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0679/76-

(9)

Lord Edward³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts

15/2

Excellent second of 7 in maiden at this C&D (AW, 33/1) 37 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 000932-

(10)

King's Spear^b²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: S Khumalo| T: Nathan Kotzen

17/2

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat runs. Fifth of 11 in maiden (5/1) at Scottsville (5f, soft) 24 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 226435-

Non-Runners

(3)

Sewelo²³

Weight: 8-3| Age: 4

T: Michael Roberts J: Siphesihle Hlengwa

Forecasts

Oshakati (6/5), Cotton Ron (7/2), Lord Edward (15/2), King's Spear (17/2), Rio Supremo (9/1), Olympic Standard (10/1), Truly Brave (14/1), Shot Of Courage (16/1), Sirnihaallongsword (18/1), Sewelo (66/1)

OSHAKATI has an emphatic advantage on form and will take all the beating. Cotton Ron is fancied to chase the selection home, while Rio Supremo is the tentative selection for third. .