14:00 Scottsville

Sunday 3 September 2023

All11:4012:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

SA Home Loans Fm 75 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 47.46s

(1)

African Beat²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller| BF

3/1

Winner at Greyville in June. 3/1, bit below form fourth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 321044-

(2)

Blazing Kiss²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gareth (jnr)| C| D

4/1

Course winner. Latest win at Greyville in April. Creditable 1½ lengths second of 9 to Reckless Love in handicap (9/2) at this course (9.7f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 319532-

(3)

Diana The Huntress¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: M Yeni| T: Alyson Wright| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Winner here in April. 14/1, good fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago.

Form: 3105-

(4)

Hot Strike⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Mark Dixon| C

14/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 16/1, fifth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, AW) 90 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 7790/75-

(6)

Givers Grace²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Serino Moodley| T: Carl Hewitson

12/1

7/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 737455-

(7)

You Deserve It^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Gary Rich| D

15/2

Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. Fifth of 8 in handicap (7/2) at Greyville (9.9f, AW) 18 days ago.

Form: 348035-

(8)

Spring Kiss²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Deryl Daniels| T: Willem Nel| C

12/1

Course winner. Winner here in March. Sixth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft, 7/1) 25 days ago.

Form: 7/51426-

(9)

Escapologist¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Mark Dixon| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in March. 25/2, eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago.

Form: 161548-

(10)

Reckless Love^b²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Calvin Habib| T: Wendy Whitehead| C| D

8/1

4 wins from 13 runs this year. 10/1, won 9-runner handicap at this course (9.7f, good) 28 days ago by 1½ lengths from Blazing Kiss. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 075111-

(11)

Aquae Sulis¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Duncan Howells| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2022. 14/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. Dropped to a handy mark.

Form: 736847-

Non-Runners

(5)

Lady Canton¹⁸

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: Paul Lafferty J: R Fourie

Forecasts

African Beat (3/1), Diana The Huntress (7/2), Blazing Kiss (4/1), Lady Canton (6/1), Aquae Sulis (7/1), You Deserve It (15/2), Reckless Love (8/1), Givers Grace (12/1), Spring Kiss (12/1), Hot Strike (14/1), Escapologist (16/1)

AFRICAN BEAT has been running creditably of late and is up to winning this. Givers Grace is fancied to beat the rest, while Lady Canton can't be ruled out of it either.