12:20 Turffontein

Thursday 2 November 2023

All10:3511:1011:4512:2012:5513:3014:0514:40

www.tab4racing.com Middle Stakes

Off time: 12:23 | Winning time: 1m 11.75s

(5)

Bold Act^b¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: M F De Kock| CD

25/1

4-time course winner. 13/2, last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (6f, AW). Off 130 days. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 781088-

(6)

Argo Alley^b¹⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Danielson| T: D Gray St John| CD

10/1

Course winner. Sixth of 7 in handicap (8/1) at Vaal (8f, good). Off 147 days. Back down in trip.

Form: 086666-

(3)

Midnight Gem^b⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Phillip Labuschagne| CD

28/1

Course winner. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 50/1) 7 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 198777-

(1)

Silver Tudor¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Sean Tarry| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win here in May. Respectable fourth of 8 in minor event (25/2) at this C&D (good) 19 days ago.

Form: 0/42114-

(8)

Samuel Salt^v⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Clinton Binda| C| D

50/1

Course winner. 33/1 and eyeshields on for 1st time, last of 7 in minor event at this course (5f, good) 61 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 18/0097-

(2)

Cosmic Star³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

13/8

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in May. 16/1, fourth of 7 in minor event at Vaal (5f, good) 30 days ago.

Form: 617264-

(9)

Goliath Heron¹²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Clinton Binda| OR: 102| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 20/1). Off 128 days. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 327320-

(4)

Sea Anemone²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: J V'd Merwe| T: M F De Kock| BF| C

13/2

Course winner. Latest win here in August. 9/4, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 26 days ago. Back down in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 728145-

(7)

Ampersand⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. Creditable second of 10 in handicap (18/10) at this C&D (good) 54 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 351812-

Forecasts

Cosmic Star (13/8), Silver Tudor (11/4), Ampersand (11/4), Sea Anemone (13/2), Argo Alley (10/1), Goliath Heron (20/1), Bold Act (25/1), Midnight Gem (28/1), Samuel Salt (50/1)

SEA ANEMONE can come out on top. Ampersand could be the toughest threat, while Cosmic Star looks best of the remainder.