10:55 Scottsville

Sunday 26 February 2023

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tabGOLD - The Intelligent Bet! Maiden Plate

Off time: 10:57 | Winning time: 1m 11.69s

(1)

Cotton Ron^b²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S Veale| T: Lorenzo Karriem

10/3

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 5/1, third of 13 in maiden at this course (5f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 337-223

(2)

Divine Power

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Gates| T: Timothy Pretorius

25/1

Willow Magic gelding.

Form:

(3)

Cup Of Magic⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Robert Khathi| T: Garth Puller

12/1

8/1, third of 8 in maiden at Greyville (8.4f, AW) 53 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 67304-3

(4)

Addabar³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Matthys Odendaal

4/1

Third of 8 in maiden (40/1) at this C&D (good) 32 days ago.

Form: 3

(5)

Hunters Arrow¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Doug Campbell

20/1

Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. Seventh of 8 in maiden at Greyville (7f, AW, 14/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 369-567

(6)

Tiger Spring²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽⁶⁾| T: Garth Puller

22/1

33/1, ninth of 13 in maiden at this course (5f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 675-9

(7)

Wylie Riley^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gavin Van Zyl

7/1

Remains a maiden after 8 Flat runs. Fourth of 13 in maiden (5/1) at this course (5f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 24359-4

(8)

Captain Marvel⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Liam Tarentaal| T: Lola Crawford

33/1

Seventh of 11 in maiden (16/1) at Greyville (7f, AW) 74 days ago.

Form: 946457-

(9)

Cometh The War

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Tristan Godden| T: Peter Muscutt

11/1

Gimmethegreenlight gelding. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.

Form:

(10)

Global Outlook⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Ashton Arries| T: Yogas Govender

66/1

Twelfth of 13 in maiden () at Greyville (6f, good to soft) 88 days ago.

Form: 08600-

(11)

Reach Forthe Stars⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Serino Moodley| T: Michael Miller

15/8

Fourth of 12 in maiden at Greyville (6f, soft) 69 days ago.

Form: 4-

(12)

Benni In The Area³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Cole Dicken| T: Gary Rich

11/1

40/1, first run since leaving C. Binda when fourth of 8 in maiden at this C&D (good) 32 days ago.

Form: 8980-4

Non-Runners

(13)

Rare Flag⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Corinne Bestel J: Thabiso Gumede

Forecasts

Reach Forthe Stars (15/8), Cotton Ron (10/3), Addabar (4/1), Wylie Riley (7/1), Benni In The Area (11/1), Cometh The War (11/1), Cup Of Magic (12/1), Hunters Arrow (20/1), Tiger Spring (22/1), Divine Power (25/1), Captain Marvel (33/1), Rare Flag (33/1), Global Outlook (66/1)

COTTON RON appears to have just enough in hand to take this but has little leeway if anything goes wrong. Reach Forthe Stars has the strongest claims of the rest, while Wylie Riey looks another that has to be reckoned with.