16:00 Turffontein

Saturday 1 April 2023

All10:5011:2011:5512:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2516:00

Berry Blaze Mr 76 Handicap

Off time: 16:06 | Winning time: 1m 8.1s

(1)

Black Egret⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Ryan Munger| T: Ashley Fortune

10/3

Course winner. Latest win here in February. Good third of 14 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, good, 5/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 2333-33

(12)

Lil Miss Moneybags¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Danielson| T: Ashley Fortune| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 3 runs last year. Latest win here in December. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 4/1) 11 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 51-5555

(9)

Storm Dictator⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Tony Peter| D

11/4

14/1 and eyeshields on for 1st time, first run since leaving S. G. Tarry when very good second of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 7 days ago.

Form: 755/4-82

(3)

Ramchandani Road¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Clinton Binda| CD

11/2

C&D winner. One win from 3 runs last year. Latest win here in November. 25/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 431-503

(2)

Western Wishes⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: S Khumalo| T: Paul Matchett

16/1

Winner at Vaal in March. 10/1, eleventh of 17 in minor event at Vaal (5f, good) 9 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 10

(10)

Splendid Season⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Winner here in December. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, good, 25/1) 9 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 3341-69

(7)

Tiz Magic^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: R Fourie| T: Sean Tarry| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Winner here in January. Respectable third of 17 in minor event at Vaal (5f, good, 16/1) 9 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 022-183

(8)

Samthewiseman^b³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Billy Ruiters

33/1

Winner at Vaal in October. Last of 13 in handicap at this course (5f, good, 40/1) 37 days ago. Well treated on pick of form.

Form: 1630-80

(6)

Twice As Wild^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Grant Maroun| CD

17/2

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 8-50220

(11)

Dark Tide¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-3| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽³⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Latest win here in December. 5/1, fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 10-6635

Non-Runners

(5)

Dancing Dora⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Fanie Bronkhorst J: G Lerena

(4)

Thambi⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: Paul Matchett J: S Khumalo

Forecasts

Storm Dictator (11/4), Black Egret (10/3), Tiz Magic (4/1), Ramchandani Road (11/2), Twice As Wild (17/2), Dark Tide (9/1), Lil Miss Moneybags (9/1), Western Wishes (16/1), Splendid Season (16/1), Dancing Dora (20/1), Samthewiseman (33/1), Thambi (33/1)

RAMCHANDANI ROAD is back to his best now as his latest effort showed and sets the bar high. Storm Dictator should be involved at the business end too, while Tiz Magic might be tough to keep out of the minor places.