14:00 Fairview

Friday 8 December 2023

All10:3011:0511:4012:1512:5013:2514:0014:35

Racehorse Owners Association Mr 72 Handicap

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 23.67s

(5)

Pashtunwali¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Cliffie Miller| C| D

7/1

Course winner. Latest win here in July. Good third of 11 in handicap (8/1) at this course (6f) 14 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 343183-

(6)

Globetonic⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Gavin Smith| C

7/2

Course winner. Latest win here in August. 16/1, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (6.5f) 42 days ago. Booking of Mxothwa a plus. Should go well again.

Form: 015305-

(9)

Sand Bank¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Gavin Smith| C

15/2

Course winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at this course (8f) 14 days ago.

Form: 946378-

(4)

On The Road Again^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: R Fourie| T: Alan Greeff| CD

11/4

Didn't need to improve to win 10-runner handicap at this C&D (9/4) 21 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 020321-

(10)

Sirnihaallongsword^b³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Jabu Jacobs| T: Lunga Gila| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 12 runs this year. Latest win here in October. Creditable third of 10 in minor event (7/1) at Fairview (8f, good) 33 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 454163-

(1)

Cool Runnings^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: C Maujean| T: Gavin Smith| C| D

6/1

Course winner. Latest win here in August. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at this course (6f, 8/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 551036-

(2)

Phantomoftheforest⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: M Yeni| T: Kelly Mitchley| D

4/1

Good third of 11 in handicap at this C&D (10/1) 52 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 107043-

(3)

Humble Tune^b³³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Mpumelelo Mjoka| T: Zietsman Oosthuizen| D

20/1

Two wins from 48 Flat runs. Thirty three runs since last win in 2021. Below form sixth of 10 in minor event (6/1) at Fairview (8f, good) 33 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 470246-

(7)

Hollywood Star^b⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Yuzae Ramzan| T: Gavin Smith| C

25/1

Course winner. Winner here in July. 20/1, 13¾ lengths eleventh of 16 to Gunsmoke in handicap at Fairview (7f, good) 77 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 454190-

Non-Runners

(8)

Gunsmoke⁵⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: T Laing J: Devin Ashby

Forecasts

On The Road Again (11/4), Globetonic (7/2), Phantomoftheforest (4/1), Gunsmoke (4/1), Cool Runnings (6/1), Pashtunwali (7/1), Sand Bank (15/2), Sirnihaallongsword (8/1), Humble Tune (20/1), Hollywood Star (25/1)

ON THE ROAD AGAIN is in decent form right now and is probably the one to beat. Gunsmoke looks second best, while Humble Tune can't be ruled out of things either.