12:45 Greyville

Monday 27 March 2023

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Follow In The Box Seat Podcast Mr 69 Handicap

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 1m 53.71s

(1)

American Dream²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Ashton Arries| T: Glen Kotzen| C

7/2

Course winner. 4/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 28 days ago.

Form: 45-8624

(2)

Zakho^b1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: K De Melo| T: Alyson Wright| CD

5/2

Course winner. One win from 3 runs last year. Winner here in November. 25/2, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at this course (8.4f, AW) 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 051-74

(3)

Corsican¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: C Maujean| T: Garth Puller| C

10/1

Course winner. Winner here in January. 17/2, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (8.4f, AW) 14 days ago.

Form: 223-216

(4)

Ingakara²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Matthys Odendaal| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 8/1, respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 28 days ago.

Form: 122-696

(5)

Lucretius²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Serino Moodley| T: Carl Hewitson| CD

11/4

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Creditable third of 8 in handicap (33/10) at this C&D (AW) 28 days ago.

Form: 122-733

(6)

Lucia Poppova^b⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: S Veale| T: Lorenzo Karriem

16/1

Winner at Scottsville in January. Eighth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at this course (9f, AW) 56 days ago. First run for yard after leaving K. Naidoo. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6653-18

(7)

Forward Spell¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gareth (jnr)| C

13/2

Course winner. Respectable fifth of 12 in minor event (25/1) at Turffontein (8f, good) 11 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 5477-05

(8)

Arrow's Mark¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Paul Gadsby| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Twenty five runs since last win in 2021. 50/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (9.7f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 40-4766

(10)

Barbatti^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Tristan Godden| T: Garth Puller

14/1

Winner at Scottsville in December. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, AW, 17/2) 19 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 231-685

Non-Runners

(9)

Lord Minver¹⁴

Weight: 8-3| Age: 5

T: Carl Hewitson J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Zakho (5/2), Lucretius (11/4), American Dream (7/2), Forward Spell (13/2), Lord Minver (8/1), Corsican (10/1), Arrow's Mark (12/1), Ingakara (14/1), Barbatti (14/1), Lucia Poppova (16/1)

ZAKHO has marginally the best all-round profile but it's an open race. Lucretius is another who could play a big role in proceedings, while Barbatti also commands respect.