14:25 Greyville

Wednesday 11 October 2023

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Track & Ball Gaming Fm 68 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 1m 23.17s

(1)

Natalia¹⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Doctor S Lembethe| T: Michael Roberts

16/1

Last of 10 in minor event (25/1) at this course (8f, AW). Off 108 days. Can make presence felt.

Form: 19/5680-

(2)

Gimme A Lullaby^b⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Yogas Govender| C

10/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Seventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 8/1) 42 days ago.

Form: 632857-

(3)

Ghost Ship¹²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller

18/1

Winner at Turffontein in April. Last of 16 in handicap (14/1) at Vaal (6f, good). Off 120 days. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving A. P. Peter.

Form: 53010-

(4)

Writteninthesand^b²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: M Yeni| T: Fabian Habib| D

5/2

Didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner handicap at Vaal (7.2f, good, 5/1) 20 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 074801-

(5)

Kitten's Adventure⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cole Dicken| T: Gary Rich| CD

9/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Won 12-runner handicap (14/1) at Scottsville (6f, good) 49 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/26101-

(6)

A Time To Flower⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Garth Puller

25/1

50/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (5f, good) 52 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0/07007-

(7)

Birdwatcher¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Serino Moodley| T: Duncan Howells| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 10/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 14 days ago.

Form: 243408-

(8)

Zariyah⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Dennis Bosch| C

5/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Won 10-runner maiden (9/2) at this course (6f, AW) 42 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 651-

(9)

Umhlali⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts| D

11/1

Very good second of 12 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft, 50/1) 63 days ago.

Form: 100/872-

(10)

Thesupernovastar¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Kumaran Naidoo| C

9/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Won 10-runner maiden at this course (8f, AW, 5/2) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 441-

(11)

Miss Paget¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Alyson Wright| D

16/1

Winner here in August. 3/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 063517-

Forecasts

Writteninthesand (5/2), Kitten's Adventure (9/2), Thesupernovastar (9/2), Zariyah (5/1), Birdwatcher (8/1), Gimme A Lullaby (10/1), Umhlali (11/1), Miss Paget (16/1), Natalia (16/1), Ghost Ship (18/1), A Time To Flower (25/1)

NATALIA could make a successful return. Umhlali gets the nod among the remainder, while Writteninthesand has place prospects as well.