11:50 Scottsville

Saturday 3 June 2023

All10:4511:1511:5012:2513:0313:4014:1814:5315:28

Battle Force (2021) Mr 77 Handicap

Off time: 11:50 | Winning time: 2m 34.23s

(1)

Rockie Reef²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Fourie| T: Peter Muscutt| C

15/2

Course winner. 18/10, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap at Greyville (9f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 4-75641

(2)

Cyber Time¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Louis Goosen| C

11/1

Course winner. 25/2, eleventh of 13 in handicap at this course (9.7f, soft) 12 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 540860

(3)

Captain Chorus^b¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| D

18/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2021. Seventh of 8 in minor event at Turffontein (11.9f, soft, 9/2) 18 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 363677

(4)

Quantifier³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gareth (jnr)

9/1

5/4, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner maiden at Vaal (9.9f, good) 39 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Will find this tougher.

Form: 6-26521

(5)

Twice Golden^b⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Garth Puller| CD

9/2

5-time course winner. Latest win here in February. Creditable third of 7 in minor event (5/1) at this C&D (good) 48 days ago.

Form: 2-31233

(7)

Rise¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Serino Moodley| T: Carl Hewitson| C

40/1

Course winner. Latest win here in March. Eleventh of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Greyville (9.9f, AW) 19 days ago. Back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 041380

(8)

Professor Snape^b¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S Veale| T: Vaughan Marshall| BF

9/2

Creditable third of 13 in handicap (4/1) at this course (9.7f, soft) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 16-8253

(9)

Go Flichity^v³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Tristan Godden| T: Gareth (jnr)

18/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in February. 33/10, good second of 9 in handicap at Vaal (11.9f, good) 39 days ago.

Form: 10-2562

(10)

Prime Example³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Danielson| T: Ashley Fortune| D

11/1

4 wins from 7 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in April. 6/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Vaal (11.9f, good) 32 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 195115

(11)

Rock Fall⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Ashton Arries| T: Paul Lafferty| D

11/1

25/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Greyville (11.4f, good) 42 days ago by neck from Zakho. Has work to do.

Form: 1-78321

(12)

Exceeder^b¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: K De Melo| T: Dean Kannemeyer

10/1

Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap (15/2) at this course (9.7f, soft) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 7-43344

(13)

Arverni King¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: S Khumalo| T: Peter Muscutt| C

9/1

Course winner. Winner here in February. Good sixth of 13 in handicap at this course (9.7f, soft, 10/1) 12 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 214536

Indian Ocean²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Paul Matchett

9/2

1 win from 2 runs this year. Won 8-runner maiden at Greyville (9.4f, good to soft, evens) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 41

Non-Runners

(6)

Zakho⁴²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Alyson Wright J: Rachel Venniker

Temperate Zone¹²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: Paul Lafferty J: Reserve 2

Riccardo⁴⁸

Weight: 8-9| Age: 6

T: Dennis Bosch J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Professor Snape (9/2), Indian Ocean (9/2), Twice Golden (9/2), Zakho (5/1), Rockie Reef (15/2), Arverni King (9/1), Quantifier (9/1), Exceeder (10/1), Rock Fall (11/1), Cyber Time (11/1), Prime Example (11/1), Captain Chorus (18/1), Go Flichity (18/1), Rise (40/1)

EXCEEDER continues to operate somewhere near current peak and has leading claims. Cyber Time seems the leading challenger, while Twice Golden could well have a say too.