15:25 Greyville

Wednesday 2 August 2023

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Hollywoodbets Bright Future Mr 66 Handicap

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: -

(1)

Ravens Sword¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Wendy Whitehead| C

15/2

Course winner. 14/1, last of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 16 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 535760-

(4)

Geronimo⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Wendy Whitehead| C

20/1

Course winner. One win from 26 Flat runs. Last of 12 in handicap (20/1) at this course (6f, AW) 70 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 8/84900-

(5)

Brave Voyager¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: G Lerena| T: Dennis Bosch| BF| C

5/4

Course winner. One win from 22 Flat runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 7/2, second of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 16 days ago.

Form: 332332-

(6)

Farland²³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Deryl Daniels| T: Doug Campbell| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Twenty two runs since last win in 2020. Very good 3 lengths second of 12 to Leslies Pathtofame in handicap at this C&D (AW, 33/1) 23 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 66970/2-

(7)

Leslies Pathtofame²³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: M Yeni| T: Frank Robinson| CD

4/1

8-time course winner. Much improved when winning 12-runner handicap at this C&D (AW, 25/2) 23 days ago by 3 lengths from Farland.

Form: 289691-

(8)

Final Destiny^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Garth Puller| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 14/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 16 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 299740-

(9)

Hippocrates²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: S Veale| T: Stuart Ferrie| CD

17/2

4-time course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win here in May. Bit below form 7½ lengths sixth of 12 to Leslies Pathtofame in handicap (5/1) at this C&D (AW) 23 days ago.

Form: 9/18136-

(10)

Porfirio^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Kumaran Naidoo| D

13/2

10/1, bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 16 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 13/8086-

Non-Runners

(2)

Impartial⁹

Weight: 8-4| Age: 6

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Siphesihle Hlengwa

(3)

Global Secret⁶³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: Paul Lafferty J: Trent Mayhew

Forecasts

Brave Voyager (5/4), Leslies Pathtofame (4/1), Impartial (5/1), Farland (6/1), Porfirio (13/2), Global Secret (7/1), Ravens Sword (15/2), Hippocrates (17/2), Final Destiny (18/1), Geronimo (20/1)

PORFIRIO should be bang there but has next to no margin for error. Brave Voyager chief among the rest shouldn't be underestimated, while Leslies Pathtofame has place prospects as well.