11:50 Turffontein

Saturday 18 March 2023

All10:1010:4011:1511:5012:2513:0013:3514:1014:45

Racehorse Owners Association Fm 96 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 11:50 | Winning time: 1m 26.01s

(2)

Captain Peg¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: R Fourie| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

4/1

Course winner. Four wins from 6 runs last year. Latest win here in October. 6½ lengths tenth of 13 to Under Your Spell in Gr 2 at this C&D (good, 40/1) 14 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 11109-0

(1)

Bold Act^b²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Craig Zackey| T: M F De Kock| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 16/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 23 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 35458-7

(4)

Follow Me⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

14/1

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 20/1, seventh of 8 in minor event at this C&D (good) 61 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 35154-7

(6)

Supreme Quest²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: P Strydom| T: Corne Spies| C| D

15/2

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 25/1, respectable 5 lengths seventh of 13 to Clafoutis in Gr 3 at this course (8f, good) 20 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 9-65787

(9)

Black Silver⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: J V'd Merwe| T: M F De Kock

25/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap (8/1) at Kenilworth (9.9f, good) 63 days ago. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving J. S. Snaith. Enters calculations.

Form: 07063-8

(3)

Wokonda²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lerena| T: Roy Magner| BF| CD

2/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in January. Creditable third of 11 in handicap (5/2) at this course (7.2f, good) 23 days ago.

Form: 23-6133

(7)

Elusive Current²³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: C Maujean| T: Weichong Marwing| C| D

25/1

Course winner. Two wins from 6 runs last year. Tenth of 11 in handicap (33/1) at this course (7.2f, good) 23 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 2311-80

(8)

Paton's Tears²³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| D

6/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2021. 7/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 23 days ago.

Form: 2446-34

(5)

Strange Magic^b1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Candice Dawson| BF| C| D

11/4

Course winner. Two wins from 6 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in November. 7/2, good second of 10 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 23 days ago.

Form: 2181-72

Forecasts

Wokonda (2/1), Strange Magic (11/4), Captain Peg (4/1), Paton's Tears (6/1), Supreme Quest (15/2), Follow Me (14/1), Bold Act (14/1), Black Silver (25/1), Elusive Current (25/1)

STRANGE MAGIC can resume winning ways. Black Silver could be the sternest threat, while Wokonda heads up the rest.