12:15 Greyville

Wednesday 7 February 2024

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Follow In The Box Seat Podcast Maiden Plate

Off time: 12:15 | Winning time: 1m 55.52s

(1)

The Green Gallant^b⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Serino Moodley| T: Frank Robinson

9/2

Remains a maiden after 29 Flat runs. Second of 8 in handicap (10/1) at this course (9f, AW) 8 days ago.

Form: 5887-32

(2)

Reign Of Honour^b³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jabu Jacobs| T: Glen Kotzen

15/2

100/1, twelfth of 13 in maiden at Kenilworth (9f, good) 39 days ago. Makes all weather debut.

Form: 87890-

(4)

Basie Raakvat^b³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Brevan Plaatjies⁽⁹⁾| T: Matthys Odendaal

14/1

Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. Fifth of 8 in maiden (25/1) at Scottsville (8f, good) 3 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 06375-5

(5)

Vihaan's Bomb³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gareth (jnr)

4/1

Third of 8 in maiden at Scottsville (8f, good to soft, 15/2) 31 days ago.

Form: 58-3

(7)

Ocean Palace^b1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Wesley Marwing| T: Weiho Marwing

11/1

Blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 12 in maiden (13/2) at Scottsville (7f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving W. H. Marwing.

Form: 3446-65

(8)

Future Saint⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Fourie| T: Kumaran Naidoo| BF

13/8

72/100, first run since leaving D. Kannemeyer when third of 10 in maiden at this course (7f, AW) 8 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Sets the benchmark.

Form: 72-23

(9)

Gijima Mfana¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cole Dicken| T: Wendy Whitehead

22/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. Fifth of 10 in maiden at Scottsville (8.7f, good to soft, 16/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 38447-5

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 15p in the pound

Non-Runners

(3)

Mayor Of Merrivale⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Weiho Marwing J: Marco V'Rensburg

(6)

Du Cane¹⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Frank Robinson J: Diego De Gouveia

Forecasts

Future Saint (13/8), Vihaan's Bomb (4/1), The Green Gallant (9/2), Mayor Of Merrivale (6/1), Reign Of Honour (15/2), Ocean Palace (11/1), Basie Raakvat (14/1), Gijima Mfana (22/1), Du Cane (66/1)

FUTURE SAINT has very good form claims and is up to winning this. Mayor Of Merrivale gets the nod among the remainder, while Ocean Palace edges it as the selection for third.