12:10 Greyville

Monday 18 December 2023

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www.tabgold.co.za Maiden Handicap

Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 1m 41.89s

(1)

Lucky Murphy⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Duncan Howells

10/1

Ninth of 12 in maiden (33/1) at Greyville (6f, good to soft) 51 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 079-

(2)

I'm Devine⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Lola Crawford

14/1

33/1, excellent third of 10 in maiden at this C&D (AW) 47 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 477403-

(4)

Basie Raakvat^b⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: C Maujean| T: Matthys Odendaal

20/1

50/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 40 days ago.

Form: 000637-

(5)

Fireflare¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Dean Kannemeyer

11/8

Good third of 14 in maiden (6/1) at Scottsville (8f, good) 15 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 0323-

(6)

Gijima Mfana³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Wendy Whitehead

14/1

Remains a maiden after 22 Flat runs. 10/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 8 in maiden at Scottsville (8.7f, good) 37 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Up against it.

Form: 043844-

(7)

Scampton⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Fourie| T: Glen Kotzen

9/4

5/1, respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 40 days ago.

Form: 534424-

(8)

Hermanus Sunrise²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Lafferty

6/1

25/1, first run since leaving A. E. Sands when creditable fourth of 11 in maiden at Greyville (6f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 78004-

(10)

Bandmaster⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Serino Moodley| T: Frank Robinson

18/1

14/1, fourth of 8 in maiden at this course (9f, AW) 68 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 784-

(11)

Ibiza Night⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Garth Puller

16/1

20/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 40 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 0/90676-

(12)

Atlantic Eagle⁵⁴

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

33/1

80/1, eighth of 11 in maiden at this C&D (AW) 54 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Merits consideration.

Form: 70008-

Press Search^b1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Timothy Pretorius

40/1

Thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Scottsville (8f, good, 125/1) 15 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 070-

Non-Runners

(3)

Mayor Of Merrivale⁴⁷

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Weiho Marwing J: Deryl Daniels

(9)

King's Island⁴⁰

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: Stuart Ferrie J: S Veale

Forecasts

Fireflare (11/8), Scampton (9/4), King's Island (5/2), Hermanus Sunrise (6/1), Mayor Of Merrivale (15/2), Lucky Murphy (10/1), Gijima Mfana (14/1), I'm Devine (14/1), Ibiza Night (16/1), Bandmaster (18/1), Basie Raakvat (20/1), Atlantic Eagle (33/1), Press Search (40/1)

KING'S ISLAND got back on track last time out and is arguably the one the others have to beat. Mayor Of Merrivale gets the vote for second, while Fireflare can't be ruled out of it either.