11:45 Greyville

Wednesday 20 December 2023

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www.tabgold.co.za Mr 76 Handicap

Off time: 11:52 | Winning time: 2m 6.08s

(1)

Billy Of Tea²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller| BF

5/1

Winner at Scottsville in November. Creditable third of 6 in handicap at Scottsville (12.9f, good to soft, 2/1) 21 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 433613-

(2)

Etiquette^b⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁹⁾| T: Garth Puller| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Fifth of 8 in minor event at this course (11.9f, good, 25/1) 44 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 542095-

(3)

Tom's Act²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Doug Campbell

13/2

25/1, good fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (9f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 7/44485-

(4)

Master Of The Turf⁵⁸

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

8/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Won 6-runner maiden (14/10) at Greyville (9.4f, AW) 58 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 641-

(5)

Khanyisa Indlela^b³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: R Fourie| T: Alyson Wright

2/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Creditable second of 12 in handicap (7/1) at Scottsville (9.7f, good) 39 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 005622-

(7)

Madison Blues⁸⁰

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

12/1

Winner at Scottsville in June. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 10 in handicap (10/1) at this course (11.9f, good) 80 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 351267-

(9)

Safe Space²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Timothy Pretorius

40/1

Last of 11 in handicap (20/1) at this course (9f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 378470-

(11)

Famous And Rich^b⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Jabu Jacobs| T: Glen Kotzen

7/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 6-runner handicap (4/1) at Greyville (9.4f, AW) 63 days ago by neck from Khanyisa Indlela. Others more persuasive.

Form: 580331-

(13)

Catch The Tune⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Frank Robinson| C

13/2

Course winner. Latest win here in August. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (9.9f, good, 14/1) 53 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 822317-

(14)

Shoefella³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Peter Muscutt

16/1

7/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at Scottsville (8f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 300389-

Non-Runners

(6)

Cyber Time⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Louis Goosen J: C Maujean

(8)

Dontstopmenow³⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: Willem Nel J: Calvin Habib

(10)

Teichman⁵³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: Wendy Whitehead J: Cole Dicken

(12)

Bally Magic²

Weight: 8-3| Age: 5

T: Timothy Pretorius J: Jason Gates

Forecasts

Khanyisa Indlela (2/1), Billy Of Tea (5/1), Etiquette (13/2), Catch The Tune (13/2), Tom's Act (13/2), Famous And Rich (7/1), Master Of The Turf (8/1), Dontstopmenow (8/1), Cyber Time (8/1), Madison Blues (12/1), Teichman (12/1), Shoefella (16/1), Safe Space (40/1), Bally Magic (50/1)

KHANYISA INDLELA looks marginally the best of this bunch. Tom's Act is not one to underestimate, while Cyber Time looks best of the rest.