12:35 Greyville

Wednesday 20 September 2023

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Gold Circle Racing YouTube Channel Maiden Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 12:35 | Winning time: 1m 36.49s

(1)

Courageous¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Candice Dawson

7/4

Respectable third of 8 in maiden at Turffontein (7.2f, good, 25/2) 11 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 436553-

(3)

Madame Pompadour²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Calvin Habib| T: Wendy Whitehead| BF

7/4

Creditable third of 10 in maiden at Greyville (8f, good, 15/10) 24 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 684343-

(4)

Grecian Palace²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: S Khumalo| T: Weiho Marwing

10/1

10/1, creditable sixth of 10 in maiden at Greyville (8f, good) 24 days ago. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving W. H. Marwing. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 7676-

(5)

Samsai¹⁴

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

12/1

33/1, first run since leaving G. Van Zyl (Jnr) when fifth of 9 in maiden at this course (7f, AW) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 770/375-

(6)

Mythical Tune^b1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Duncan Howells

3/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Bit below form fifth of 12 in maiden (10/1) at Scottsville (8.7f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: 332375-

(7)

Pixie In Love¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Paul Gadsby

22/1

Last of 11 in maiden at this course (9.4f, AW, 25/1) 14 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 226760-

(8)

Bubbles On Ice²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Carl Hewitson

40/1

100/1, ninth of 10 in maiden at Greyville (8f, good) 24 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 999-

Non-Runners

(2)

Belle Fontaine¹⁴

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Brevan Plaatjies

Forecasts

Madame Pompadour (7/4), Courageous (7/4), Mythical Tune (3/1), Grecian Palace (10/1), Samsai (12/1), Belle Fontaine (20/1), Pixie In Love (22/1), Bubbles On Ice (40/1)

MADAME POMPADOUR has recorded some excellent efforts and should come home in front. Mythical Tune could provide the main danger, while Courageous looks best of the rest.