13:10 Greyville

Wednesday 30 August 2023

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St Lazare Maiden Handicap

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 1m 12.3s

(1)

Almond Butter^b1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Mathew Thackeray| T: Michael Miller

28/1

Ninth of 10 in maiden (40/1) at Scottsville (7f, good) 7 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 9/809-

(2)

Sir William²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Robert Khathi| T: Willem Nel

11/4

Tenth of 11 in maiden (7/2) at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 55/0940-

(3)

Empress Game⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Calvin Habib| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| BF

10/3

Fourth of 7 in maiden at Turffontein (5f, good, 4/10) 53 days ago. First run for yard after leaving J. J. Van Vuuren. Makes handicap debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 234-

(4)

Cotton Ron^b⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: C Maujean| T: Louis Goosen

9/2

Fourth of 9 in maiden (16/1) at this course (5.5f, AW) 70 days ago.

Form: 543054-

(5)

Caberneigh¹²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Serino Moodley| T: Paul Lafferty

12/1

Eighth of 11 in maiden at Scottsville (8f, good to soft, 40/1). Off 122 days. Back down in trip. Booking of Fourie a plus. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 278-

(6)

Potent Captain^b1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S Veale| T: Stuart Ferrie

3/1

Seventh of 15 in maiden at Scottsville (8f, good, 20/1) 24 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 787-

(7)

Drinks All Round^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Glen Kotzen

50/1

66/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 13 in maiden at this course (7f, AW) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 0987-

(8)

Mighty Rain^b1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Matthys Odendaal

40/1

100/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 896670-

(11)

Teerex^b¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Kumaran Naidoo

11/1

33/1, very good seventh of 18 in maiden at Scottsville (6f, good) 10 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3/29097-

(12)

Activator²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: M Yeni| T: Alyson Wright

15/2

First run since leaving A. B. Fortune when bit below form sixth of 11 in maiden (14/1) at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 787466-

Zin Zan Dan³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Paul Lafferty

66/1

100/1, last of 12 in maiden at Scottsville (8f, good) 38 days ago. Down in trip. Makes handicap debut. Uphill task.

Form: 890-

Basie Raakvat³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Brevan Plaatjies| T: Matthys Odendaal

50/1

Blinkered for 1st time, last of 11 in maiden (125/1) at this course (8.4f, AW) 37 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap debut. Out of depth.

Form: 000-

Non-Runners

(9)

Victor Rail⁷⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Alyson Wright J: Deryl Daniels

(10)

Splendid Fella³

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: Yadav Singh J: Brevan Plaatjies

Forecasts

Sir William (11/4), Potent Captain (3/1), Empress Game (10/3), Cotton Ron (9/2), Victor Rail (5/1), Activator (15/2), Teerex (11/1), Caberneigh (12/1), Splendid Fella (20/1), Almond Butter (28/1), Mighty Rain (40/1), Drinks All Round (50/1), Basie Raakvat (50/1), Zin Zan Dan (66/1)

ALMOND BUTTER could do better switched to AW and is chanced. Victor Rail is respected, while Potent Captain is also in the hunt.