13:55 Greyville

Monday 27 February 2023

All10:0510:3511:0511:3512:0512:4513:2013:5514:35

www.trackandball.co.za Fm 66 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 1m 24.65s

(1)

Gimme A Lullaby³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽³⁾| T: Yogas Govender| C

7/1

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 6¾ lengths eleventh of 12 to Birdwatcher in handicap (14/1) at this C&D (AW) 35 days ago.

Form: 1387-40

(2)

Forged In Ice^b³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Winner here in August. Eighth of 10 in handicap (16/1) at this course (8f, AW) 35 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 1828-48

(3)

Birdwatcher¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: S Veale| T: Duncan Howells| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Creditable second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 4/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 6983-12

(5)

Cataleya Summer^b²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ashton Arries| T: Glen Kotzen

6/1

Winner here in December. Creditable sixth of 12 in handicap (8/1) at Scottsville (8.7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 521-326

(6)

Star Choice^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Gates| T: Frank Robinson| C

11/1

Course winner. 33/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 12 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 963-695

(7)

Lady Macbeth¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Serino Moodley| T: Lorenzo Karriem| C

5/1

Course winner. Three wins from 14 runs last year. 28/10, seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 12 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 844-257

(8)

Arctic Princess³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Cole Dicken| T: Gary Rich| CD

12/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in August. Ninth of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, AW, 20/1) 35 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 1947-59

(9)

Kabon Kapi²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Tristan Godden| T: Peter Muscutt| D

13/2

Won 12-runner maiden at Scottsville (7f, good to soft, 7/1) 26 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 54-1

(10)

Tabatha Cat²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Nathan Kotzen

18/1

Winner at Scottsville in December. Tenth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4451-80

Non-Runners

(4)

Meredith Grey²⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo J: Nicholas Patel

Forecasts

Birdwatcher (11/4), Forged In Ice (7/2), Lady Macbeth (5/1), Cataleya Summer (6/1), Kabon Kapi (13/2), Gimme A Lullaby (7/1), Star Choice (11/1), Arctic Princess (12/1), Meredith Grey (16/1), Tabatha Cat (18/1)

BIRDWATCHER's recent starts have been likeable in general and she is the one they all have to beat. Lady Macbeth gets the nod among the remainder, while Forged In Ice might well have a say as well.