16:50 Turffontein

Wednesday 22 February 2023

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Egoli Mile(3 Year Olds - Non-black Type)

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 1m 38.31s

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Laguna Verde^b³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

5/1

9/2, creditable fourth of 11 in minor event at Vaal (7.2f, good) 34 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 24850-4

(8)

Arividicio⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Simons| T: M F De Kock| C

11/2

Course winner. Latest win here in October. Creditable 3¾ lengths second of 5 to Royal Victory in Gr 3 (6/1) at this course (7f, good to soft) 51 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 13102-2

(1)

Meridius³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ryan Munger| T: Ashley Fortune| D

3/1

Latest win at Vaal in December. Creditable second of 11 in minor event at Vaal (7.2f, good, 4/1) 34 days ago.

Form: 22301-2

(7)

Pragmatist³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: R Danielson| T: Johan J Vuuren| C

14/1

Course winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Latest win here in November. 10 lengths seventh of 10 to Billy Bowlegs in Gr 3 (8/1) at this course (9f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 41212-7

(5)

Silver Hills²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: G Lerena| T: Sean Tarry| BF| C

7/2

Course winner. One win from 1 run last year. Winner here in December. 15/10, second of 6 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 24 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1-32

(4)

Johnny Dogs¹¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Robyn Klaasen

7/1

Very good fourth of 12 in minor event (66/1) at Kenilworth (7f, good). Off 115 days. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 31654-

(11)

Billy Spellbound^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Sean Tarry

6/1

Winner at Vaal in November. Good ninth of 15 in minor event at Kenilworth (8f, good, 25/2) 25 days ago. Progressing well recently.

Form: 2313-29

(10)

Back To The Future⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett

20/1

5/10, didn't need to be at best when winning 10-runner maiden at Vaal (7.2f, good) 57 days ago.

Form: 92721-

(9)

Captainofthegreen⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Gareth (jnr)| BF

10/1

One win from 3 runs last year. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap (3/1) at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 52 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 613-5

(3)

Bowl First³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: C Maujean| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

25/1

Winner at Vaal in January. 6/1, good second of 5 in handicap at Vaal (8.4f, good) 34 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 32-12

Non-Runners

(6)

Total Protection²⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: Ashley Fortune J:

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Climate Control⁸⁸

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: M F De Kock J: R Danielson

Forecasts

Meridius (3/1), Silver Hills (7/2), Laguna Verde (5/1), Arividicio (11/2), Billy Spellbound (6/1), Johnny Dogs (7/1), Captainofthegreen (10/1), Total Protection (10/1), Climate Control (10/1), Pragmatist (14/1), Back To The Future (20/1), Bowl First (25/1)

SILVER HILLS has more to offer and looks the way to go. Johnny Dogs could be the toughest threat, while Back To The Future might be tough to keep out of the minor places.