14:15 Turffontein

Saturday 5 August 2023

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4Racing Thanks And Appreciates Stuart Pettigrew Pinnacle Stakes

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 56.09s

(2)

Mercantour³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

4/1

4-time course winner. Five wins from 16 Flat runs. Latest win here in April. 9/2, bit below form third of 10 in minor event at this course (5.8f, good) 34 days ago.

Form: 611523-

(6)

Rollwiththepunches³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Roy Magner| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Six wins from 22 Flat runs. Latest win here in February. 5/1, good fourth of 10 in minor event at this course (5.8f, good) 34 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 11/1274-

(1)

Godswood^b³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Francois Herholdt| T: Barend Daniel Botes| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in May. 25/1, eighth of 10 in minor event at this course (5.8f, good) 34 days ago. First run for yard after leaving B/Y Botes /. Vosloo.

Form: 381568-

(5)

Mover And Shaker⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁶⁾| T: Fabian Habib| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in April. Bit below form sixth of 10 in minor event at this C&D (good, 10/1) 65 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 115126-

(8)

Sheldon³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

3/1

3-time C&D winner. Five wins from 19 Flat runs. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. 4¼ lengths tenth of 14 to Gladatorian in Gr 2 (20/1) at Greyville (6f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 331210-

(7)

Winter Stories^b⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Fabian Habib| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 9¼ lengths ninth of 10 to Sheldon in handicap at Vaal (5.5f, good, 50/1) 53 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 49/5589-

(4)

Flowerbomb³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: C Maujean| T: Corne Spies| CD

7/2

2/1, career best when winning 7-runner minor event at this C&D (good) 34 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1/50221-

(3)

Captain Hindsight^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-3| J: M Yeni| T: Tony Peter| OR: 78| C| D

11/4

Course winner. 7/2, improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner minor event at Vaal (6f, good) 16 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 753311-

Forecasts

Captain Hindsight (11/4), Sheldon (3/1), Flowerbomb (7/2), Mercantour (4/1), Rollwiththepunches (6/1), Mover And Shaker (10/1), Winter Stories (25/1), Godswood (33/1)

FLOWERBOMB can win again. Mover And Shaker gets the nod among the remainder, while Mercantour could go well too.