14:25 Greyville

Wednesday 24 May 2023

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www.galloptv.co.za Fm 66 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 1m 37.13s

(1)

Gelsomina⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: K De Melo| T: Wendy Whitehead| D

6/1

Winner at Scottsville in February. Last of 6 in handicap (16/1) at Scottsville (7f, good) 56 days ago.

Form: 4-23186

(2)

Saturn Moon^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts| CD

20/1

Course winner. Winner here in February. Ninth of 13 in handicap (50/1) at Greyville (9.4f, good) 32 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 5-34189

(3)

Edvige¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Wendy Whitehead

18/1

Latest win here in December. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft, 25/2) 11 days ago.

Form: 19-4750

(4)

Ideal Gift⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S Khumalo| T: Robbie Hill| C

5/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win here in January. Creditable third of 6 in handicap (10/1) at this course (7f, AW) 42 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 23-1883

(5)

Miss Lialah⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽³⁾| T: Garth Puller| C

6/1

Course winner. 6/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (7f, AW) 77 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 446-357

(6)

Petit Verdot⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Serino Moodley| T: Garth Puller

9/4

Good second of 11 in handicap (17/2) at this C&D (AW) 51 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 17-7942

(7)

Rowins Dream⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller| CD

22/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Improved to win 8-runner maiden (8/1) at this C&D (AW). Off 98 days. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 459-361

(8)

Shaken Not Stirred⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: S Veale| T: Duncan Howells| C

9/2

Course winner. Latest win here in December. Third of 9 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 4/1) 72 days ago.

Form: 391-523

(9)

Malcolm's Dream⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Mark Dixon| CD

10/1

Course winner. Respectable third of 11 in handicap at this course (8.4f, AW, 10/1) 42 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 100-693

(10)

Ingakara²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Matthys Odendaal| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 17/2, seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (9.4f, AW) 23 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 696737

(11)

Blazing Astute⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Ashton Arries| T: Alyson Wright| C

16/1

Course winner. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap (25/1) at this course (8.4f, AW) 42 days ago.

Form: 7-64405

Forecasts

Petit Verdot (9/4), Shaken Not Stirred (9/2), Ideal Gift (5/1), Gelsomina (6/1), Miss Lialah (6/1), Malcolm's Dream (10/1), Ingakara (12/1), Blazing Astute (16/1), Edvige (18/1), Saturn Moon (20/1), Rowins Dream (22/1)

MISS LIALAH gets the vote in an open contest. Gelsomina should be thereabouts, while Malcolm's Dream edges things for third.