12:15 Fairview

Friday 28 April 2023

All11:4012:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

Racehorse Owners Association Maiden Plate (F & M)

Off time: 12:17 | Winning time: 1m 39.72s

(17)

Afrodite²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Fourie| T: Alan Greeff

4/1

Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. 6/1, sixth of 16 in maiden at this course (6.5f) 28 days ago. Up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 236-756

(15)

Racinante¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Francois Herholdt| T: Juan Nel

14/1

Remains a maiden after 14 Flat runs. 33/1, twelfth of 16 in maiden at Fairview (8f, good) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 77-4230

(5)

Ponderosa Pine^b⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M Yeni| T: Kelly Mitchley

9/4

Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. Fourth of 6 in maiden at Fairview (9.9f, good, 28/10) 49 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes all weather debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 64-8334

(16)

Dream Star³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Sharon Kotzen

4/1

Remains a maiden after 11 Flat runs. Second of 11 in maiden at this C&D (7/1) 35 days ago.

Form: 9924-52

(6)

Antonia Augusta⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Charles Ndlovu| T: Jacques Strydom

50/1

Remains a maiden after 23 Flat runs. 100/1, ninth of 12 in maiden at Fairview (11.9f, good) 7 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 686609

(3)

Brazilian Storm⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S Khumalo| T: Gavin Smith

9/2

25/1, eighth of 11 in maiden at Vaal (9.9f, good) 50 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving B/Y Botes /. Vosloo. Not taken lightly.

Form: 5726-58

(11)

Gold For Africa^b⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L Nhlapo| T: Kelly Mitchley

20/1

50/1 and blinkered for 1st time, last of 7 in maiden at Kenilworth (9f, good) 80 days ago. First run for yard after leaving G. S. Kotzen.

Form: 0-07

(8)

Magenta^b⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Gates| T: Emmanuel Kaknis

22/1

Remains a maiden after 23 Flat runs. 20/1, sixth of 18 in maiden at Fairview (6f, good) 7 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6-22376

(4)

Salient Point^b⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Gavin Smith

6/1

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. Sixth of 10 in maiden at Scottsville (8.7f, good to soft, 16/1) 40 days ago. First run for yard after leaving G. B. Puller.

Form: 69-3346

(2)

Texas Tornado^b³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: C Maujean| T: Juan Nel

20/1

Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. Eighth of 11 in maiden (16/1) at this C&D 35 days ago.

Form: 82-5788

(12)

Celtic Vixen²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Montana Turner

40/1

40/1, twelfth of 16 in maiden at this course (6.5f) 28 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 60

(14)

Sundrop^b¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Mathew Thackeray| T: Jacques Strydom

50/1

Remains a maiden after 11 Flat runs. Sixth of 10 in maiden at this course (6f, 66/1) 11 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 7-78696

(13)

Make A Deal^b⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Sandile Khathi| T: Cliffie Miller

50/1

40/1 and blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 6 in maiden at Fairview (9.9f, good) 49 days ago. Back down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 8-895

(1)

Miss Semra³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Teaque Gould| T: Alan Greeff

40/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 11 in maiden (80/1) at this C&D 35 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(7)

Ghalaati¹¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Alan Greeff J: Reserve 1

(9)

The Little Girl⁸⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Gavin Smith J: Reserve 2

(10)

Short Sharp Shock²⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: Kelly Mitchley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ponderosa Pine (9/4), Dream Star (4/1), Afrodite (4/1), Brazilian Storm (9/2), Salient Point (6/1), Racinante (14/1), Gold For Africa (20/1), Texas Tornado (20/1), Magenta (22/1), Celtic Vixen (40/1), Miss Semra (40/1), Antonia Augusta (50/1), Make A Deal (50/1), Sundrop (50/1)

PONDEROSA PINE has strong claims. Afrodite is tough to ignore, while Dream Star is perhaps the most interesting of the others.