13:25 Turffontein

Thursday 27 April 2023

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4Racing.tv Mr 96 Handicap

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 1m 13.45s

(9)

Mardi Gras^b²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁶⁾| T: Fabian Habib| CD

22/1

4-time course winner. Fifth of 6 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good, 7/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 60-5585

(4)

Vegas Hi Rise²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: S Khumalo| T: Fabian Habib| CD

8/1

Course winner. Three wins from 8 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in December. 28/10, fourth of 6 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good) 21 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 11-9384

(5)

Goliath Heron⁷¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Ryan Munger| T: Clinton Binda| C| D

15/2

Course winner. Three wins from 13 runs last year. 6/1, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Greyville (5f, AW) 71 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 3322-32

(1)

Cian The Conqueror²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Corne Spies| BF| CD

4/5

Course winner. One win from 1 run last year. Winner here in October. 3/1, good second of 16 in handicap at Vaal (7f, good) 28 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 1-472

(8)

Fostinovo^b⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: K De Melo| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

4/1

Course winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in November. Blinkered for 1st time, creditable sixth of 10 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good, 4/1) 40 days ago.

Form: 29116-6

(6)

Captain Hindsight^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: Julius Mariba| T: Ashley Fortune| C

28/1

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap (20/1) at this course (5.8f, good) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 46-0475

(3)

Smith And Wesson¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| BF

11/2

Latest win at Vaal in March. 2/1, good third of 8 in handicap at this course (5f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 327513

Non-Runners

(2)

Ikigai¹²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: Sean Tarry J: P Strydom

(7)

Dancetildaylight⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Johan J Vuuren J: G Lerena

Forecasts

Cian The Conqueror (4/5), Fostinovo (4/1), Smith And Wesson (11/2), Goliath Heron (15/2), Vegas Hi Rise (8/1), Dancetildaylight (14/1), Ikigai (14/1), Mardi Gras (22/1), Captain Hindsight (28/1)

GOLIATH HERON is just about the best hope here taking everything into account but will need everything to fall right. Cian The Conqueror is hard to ignore if looking elsewhere, while Smith And Wesson deserves some consideration as well.