15:35 Greyville

Wednesday 27 September 2023

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Hollywoodbets Bright Future Fm 72 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 1m 22.33s

(1)

Global Secret¹¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Nirvan Nastili⁽⁹⁾| T: Paul Lafferty| CD

9/1

14/1, won 9-runner handicap at this C&D (AW). Off 119 days.

Form: 36/5551-

(2)

Jazz Diva⁷³

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

6/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win here in May. Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap (5/1) at this course (8f, AW) 73 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 5/59116-

(3)

Maggie Tee⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Mark Dixon| C

33/1

Course winner. 33/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 7 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 670869-

(4)

Count Your Chances^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

4/1

Winner at Vaal in July. 11/2, respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good) 13 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 371237-

(5)

Star Choice^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: S Veale| T: Frank Robinson| C

5/2

4-time course winner. Latest win here in August. 7/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 21 days ago.

Form: 956125-

(6)

Rockingthetimeaway³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Calvin Habib| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. Ninth of 12 in handicap (25/2) at Turffontein (6f, good to firm) 39 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 033619-

(7)

Flower Festival⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Deryl Daniels| T: Nathan Kotzen| D

20/1

Didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner maiden (8/1) at Scottsville (7f, good) 45 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: 808581-

(8)

Birdwatcher³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-4| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Duncan Howells| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 7/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good) 35 days ago.

Form: 224340-

(9)

Angelic Fort⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Gary Rich| BF| C

4/1

Course winner. 9/4, creditable seventh of 12 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 49 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 804427-

(10)

Vermacilli²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Wayne Badenhorst| CD

16/1

3/1, didn't need to improve to win 9-runner maiden at this C&D (AW) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 247231-

Forecasts

Star Choice (5/2), Count Your Chances (4/1), Angelic Fort (4/1), Jazz Diva (6/1), Rockingthetimeaway (7/1), Birdwatcher (8/1), Global Secret (9/1), Vermacilli (16/1), Flower Festival (20/1), Maggie Tee (33/1)

FLOWER FESTIVAL looks the one to be with. Count Your Chances is most likely the sternest opposition, while Global Secret edges it for third place.

Prize Money

1st: R62,495.002nd: R19,999.003rd: R10,010.004th: R4,995.005th: R2,497.00

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