13:20 Greyville

Monday 18 December 2023

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tabGOLD Score 6 Score 8 Score 10 Mr 72 Handicap

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 1m 40.68s

(1)

Rodriguez⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C Maujean| T: Louis Goosen| CD

4/1

Course winner. Latest win here in September. Good second of 8 in handicap (10/1) at Scottsville (8f) 5 days ago.

Form: 511282-

(2)

Bally Magic¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Timothy Pretorius

33/1

10/1, last of 6 in handicap at Scottsville (12.9f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 899366-

(3)

Izapha²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Calvin Habib| T: Willem Nel| C

7/2

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 7/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Scottsville (8f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 77/8418-

(4)

Banzai Pipeline⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: R Fourie| T: Garth Puller| CD

3/1

Won 9-runner handicap (7/2) at this course (9f, AW) 47 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Blazing Light.

Form: 655441-

(6)

Few Dollars More²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Glen Kotzen| C

10/1

Course winner. Winner here in October. 25/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Back up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 800195-

(7)

Porfirio^b³³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Tristan Godden| T: Kumaran Naidoo| BF| CD

6/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. Latest win here in September. 17/10, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 33 days ago.

Form: 611135-

(8)

Blazing Light⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: S Veale| T: Stuart Ferrie| C

11/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. Good 1¼ lengths second of 9 to Banzai Pipeline in handicap at this course (9f, AW, 6/1) 47 days ago.

Form: 173962-

(9)

Josephine's Pride⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Lafferty| CD

7/2

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (8f, AW, 11/10) 40 days ago. Progressing recently.

Form: 472421-

(10)

Ebony Bay⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Doug Campbell| CD

33/1

Course winner. Fifth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 100/1) 54 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 880085-

Non-Runners

(5)

Time Taker²⁶

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: Nathan Kotzen J: Deryl Daniels

Forecasts

Banzai Pipeline (3/1), Josephine's Pride (7/2), Izapha (7/2), Rodriguez (4/1), Porfirio (6/1), Time Taker (6/1), Few Dollars More (10/1), Blazing Light (11/1), Ebony Bay (33/1), Bally Magic (33/1)

JOSEPHINE'S PRIDE has sound claims on form and sets a tall standard. Rodriguez is tough to ignore in the search for second, while Time Taker is the tentative selection for third. .