15:25 Greyville

Wednesday 31 May 2023

All11:2512:0012:3513:1013:5014:2514:5515:25

Hollywoodbets Bright Future Mr 84 Handicap(open)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 40.04s

(1)

Mr Pigalle⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: S Khumalo| T: Peter Muscutt| BF| CD

11/4

5-time course winner. Latest win here in December. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (4/1) at this course (8f, AW) 65 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 31-3444

(2)

Love Bomb¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Frank Robinson| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. 25/1, respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Greyville (9f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 694386

(3)

Aerial Display^b1⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 4 runs this year. 7½ lengths last of 8 to Strawberry Bear in Gr 3 (100/1) at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 59 days ago. Back up in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 22-1148

(4)

Captain Rocket²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: S Veale| T: Stuart Ferrie| C

7/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. 20/1, first run since leaving D. R. Drier when respectable second of 14 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good) 25 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 3-18732

(5)

Cherokee Trail²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Robbie Hill| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in April. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good, 16/1) 25 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 64-6310

(6)

Fight Song^b³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽³⁾| T: Gareth (jnr)| CD

6/1

Course winner. 16/1, good second of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (8f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 525-402

(7)

Shavout³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Robert Khathi| T: Vaughan Marshall| CD

11/2

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (8f, good to soft, 14/1) 31 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 4745-94

(8)

Oh So Squishy¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Louis Goosen| C

18/1

Course winner. Seventh of 11 in handicap at Greyville (9f, good to soft, 50/1) 18 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 4-70767

(9)

Dowser²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Serino Moodley| T: Glen Kotzen| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in March. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Greyville (8f, good) 25 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 7-01260

(10)

Rodriguez⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: C Maujean| T: Louis Goosen| C| D

22/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 17/2, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (9.4f, AW) 49 days ago.

Form: 2-65555

(11)

Straight Up⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Duncan Howells| CD

16/1

6-time course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win here in January. Fifth of 8 in handicap (15/4) at this course (9f, AW) 79 days ago.

Form: 322-125

Non-Runners

(12)

Sequoia⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: M F De Kock J: K De Melo

Tom's Act¹⁰⁵

Weight: 8-3| Age: 5

T: Doug Campbell J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Mr Pigalle (11/4), Captain Rocket (7/2), Shavout (11/2), Fight Song (6/1), Dowser (8/1), Cherokee Trail (9/1), Love Bomb (10/1), Aerial Display (14/1), Straight Up (16/1), Sequoia (16/1), Oh So Squishy (18/1), Tom's Act (20/1), Rodriguez (22/1)

CAPTAIN ROCKET earns the narrow vote. Rodriguez has the best claims of the others, while Dowser should go well too.