12:20 Greyville

Wednesday 18 January 2023

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Follow In The Box Seat Podcast Mr 73 Handicap

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 1m 22.73s

(1)

Mac Hardy⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Robert Khathi| T: Willem Nel| C

15/2

Course winner. One win from 3 runs last year. Winner here in November. 15/4, sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (5.5f, AW) 51 days ago. Up in trip. Must improve.

Form: 216-

(2)

Gentleman's Way^b¹¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: M Yeni| T: Dennis Bosch| CD

9/2

5-time course winner. Latest win here in September. 9/2, sixth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good). Off 115 days.

Form: 553216-

(3)

Head Gardener^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Kumaran Naidoo

16/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 00642-7

(4)

Wave Warrior^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Tristan Godden| T: Peter Muscutt| C

11/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 16/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 71319-8

(5)

High Velocity^b¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽⁶⁾| T: Garth Puller| CD

3/1

6/1, won 9-runner handicap at this course (6f, AW) 19 days ago.

Form: 616281-

(6)

Captains Walk^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Cole Dicken| T: Kumaran Naidoo| C

28/1

Course winner. Winner here in October. 50/1, 4¼ lengths seventh of 9 to High Velocity in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 19 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 331707-

(7)

Crested Eagle¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Doug Campbell| D

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Creditable sixth of 10 in handicap (7/1) at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 08164-6

(8)

Count Marsh^b⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Robbie Hill| CD

2/1

4-time course winner. Three wins from 11 runs last year. Latest win here in November. 7/2, good third of 7 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 51 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 121313-

Non-Runners

(9)

El Dante³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 6

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Marco V'Rensburg

Forecasts

Count Marsh (2/1), High Velocity (3/1), Crested Eagle (9/2), Gentleman's Way (9/2), Mac Hardy (15/2), Wave Warrior (11/1), Head Gardener (16/1), El Dante (16/1), Captains Walk (28/1)

COUNT MARSH is in a good run of form and seems likely to take the beating. Captains Walk has the best credentials of the remainder, while Gentleman's Way looks third best.