14:10 Greyville

Wednesday 3 January 2024

All10:3511:1011:4512:2012:5513:3014:1014:45

Online Form Guide www.gallop.co.za Mr 76 Handicap

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 1m 10.16s

(1)

Purple Powahouse^b¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: M Yeni| T: Alyson Wright| CD

9/2

3-time C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. 13/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good) 10 days ago.

Form: 083542-

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(2)

Captain Who^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: C Maujean| T: Louis Goosen| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in November. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft, 25/2) 14 days ago.

Form: 823120-

(3)

Purple Operator³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: R Fourie| T: Duncan Howells| BF| CD

7/2

4-time course winner. 4/1, creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Scottsville (7f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 252525-

(4)

William Rufus¹¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Dean Kannemeyer| C

2/1

Course winner. Good fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, AW, 6/1). Off 112 days. Back down in trip.

Form: 124365-

(5)

Agressivo^b⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Alyson Wright| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 9 in handicap (8/1) at this course (5f, AW) 70 days ago.

Form: 216556-

(7)

Buoyant Knight⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Tristan Godden| T: Michael Miller| D

8/1

One win from 2 runs last year. Won 12-runner maiden (20/1) at Greyville (6f, good to soft) 67 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Must improve.

Form: 01-

(9)

Gimme A Rainbow⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Carl Hewitson| CD

12/1

6-time C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Seventh of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 10/1) 56 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 734197-

(10)

Hippocrates⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S Veale| T: Stuart Ferrie| CD

11/1

3-time C&D winner. Three wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win here in October. Creditable second of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good to soft, 25/2) 45 days ago.

Form: 643142-

Non-Runners

(6)

Cavalieri²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Mathew Thackeray

(8)

Lucky Dollar²¹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: Stuart Ferrie J: Serino Moodley

Forecasts

William Rufus (2/1), Purple Operator (7/2), Purple Powahouse (9/2), Captain Who (11/2), Cavalieri (7/1), Buoyant Knight (8/1), Hippocrates (11/1), Gimme A Rainbow (12/1), Agressivo (12/1), Lucky Dollar (25/1)

PURPLE POWAHOUSE is just about the pick in this field. William Rufus seems the most likely to step into the breach if the selection fails to deliver, while Hippocrates comes into calculations for minor honours.