13:20 Fairview

Monday 9 January 2023

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Racing240 For Racing. For You Mr 82 Handicap

Off time: 13:21 | Winning time: 1m 9.51s

(7)

Naval Secret¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Cliffie Miller| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Good third of 10 in handicap at this course (7f, 5/1) 17 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 014713-

(5)

Sand Bank⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Gavin Smith| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 6¼ lengths tenth of 13 to Khaya's Hope in listed race (100/1) at Fairview (8f, good to soft) 73 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap debut. Needs to raise game.

Form: 311940-

(4)

Life On Mars^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: S Khumalo| T: Gavin Smith| CD

11/4

4-time course winner. Latest win here in August. 7/2, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (7f) 17 days ago.

Form: 391344-

(3)

Al Qaasim^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Ryan Munger| T: Zietsman Oosthuizen| CD

15/2

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable second of 6 in handicap (25/1) at this course (5f) 17 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 752502-

(1)

European Summer⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Tatenda Musekiwa| T: Emmanuel Kaknis| C

12/1

Course winner. Three wins from 13 runs last year. Latest win here in November. 25/1, creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (5f) 45 days ago.

Form: 971315-

(8)

Brass Bell^b³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Mpumelelo Mjoka| T: Gavin Smith| D

10/1

Very good neck second of 12 to Naval Secret in handicap (25/1) at this C&D 38 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 298562-

(2)

Path Of Choice⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: R Fourie| T: Alan Greeff

5/2

Eighth of 11 in handicap (25/2) at Kenilworth (7f, good) 65 days ago. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving V. H. Marshall. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 625488-

Non-Runners

(6)

Russian Empire³

Weight: 8-5| Age: 4

T: Emmanuel Kaknis J: C Maujean

Forecasts

Path Of Choice (5/2), Naval Secret (11/4), Life On Mars (11/4), Al Qaasim (15/2), Sand Bank (8/1), Brass Bell (10/1), European Summer (12/1), Russian Empire (20/1)

PATH OF CHOICE could go well on AW debut. European Summer may emerge as the chief threat, while Naval Secret might be worth siding with for third.