12:40 Scottsville

Sunday 7 January 2024

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Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 1m 36.93s

(1)

Riccardo⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: S Veale| T: Dennis Bosch| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Three wins from 14 runs last year. Good third of 9 in handicap (8/1) at Greyville (9.9f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Back down in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 717343-

(2)

Ibutho^b⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Alyson Wright| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 10/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Greyville (8f, AW) 60 days ago.

Form: 121743-

(3)

Kaygee's Delight⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Serino Moodley| T: Garth Puller| C

10/3

Course winner. Winner here in August. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at Greyville (8f, soft) 71 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 624144-

(4)

Pongola⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts

10/3

Didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap (7/2) at Greyville (9f, good to soft) 46 days ago.

Form: 730651-

(5)

Teichman⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Cole Dicken| T: Wendy Whitehead| D

12/1

Latest win at Greyville in October. Last of 10 in handicap (8/1) at Greyville (8f, soft) 71 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 562210-

(6)

Papa C⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁶⁾| T: Duncan Howells| BF| C

5/2

Course winner. Respectable third of 10 in handicap (9/4) at Greyville (11.9f, good). Off 98 days. Significantly back down in trip. Has good chance on form.

Form: 580223-

(7)

Beach Palace²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Tristan Godden| T: Paul Lafferty| D

14/1

Winner at Greyville in September. Seventh of 9 in handicap (14/1) at Scottsville (7f) 25 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 541657-

Non-Runners

(8)

Johnny The Thief⁶

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Deryl Daniels

Forecasts

Papa C (5/2), Kaygee's Delight (10/3), Pongola (10/3), Ibutho (5/1), Riccardo (11/2), Johnny The Thief (7/1), Teichman (12/1), Beach Palace (14/1)

PAPA C looks marginally the pick in this field but others can't be discounted in an open contest. Riccardo seems the primary threat, while Pongola heads up those chasing third place.