14:45 Greyville

Wednesday 21 February 2024

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Hollywoodbets Bright Future Fm 69 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 23.31s

(1)

Kingsmeads Krystl²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: R Fourie| T: Gareth (jnr)| CD

2/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 7/1, good second of 9 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 73775-2

(2)

Global Secret⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Lafferty| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Good second of 9 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good to soft, 7/1). Off 91 days. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 551142-

(3)

Gelsomina²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Cole Dicken| T: Wendy Whitehead| C

10/1

Course winner. Latest win here in January. Seventh of 9 in handicap (14/1) at Scottsville (8.7f, good to soft) 28 days ago.

Form: 8736-17

(4)

Poursomesugaronme²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Calvin Habib| T: Dennis Bosch| CD

3/1

28/10, won 8-runner handicap at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 6325-61

(5)

Hatta²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽⁶⁾| T: Michael Roberts| CD

16/1

4-time course winner. 25/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at Scottsville (7f, good) 23 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 85864-9

(6)

Nonoti¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Brevan Plaatjies⁽⁹⁾| T: Michael Roberts

22/1

Course winner. Winner here in October. 20/1, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good) 17 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 46361-5

(7)

Trentino³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Darryl Moore

14/1

33/1, first run since leaving S. T. Pettigrew when twelfth of 16 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Makes all weather debut.

Form: 45560-0

(8)

Blush Of Dawn^b⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Jabu Jacobs| T: Garth Puller| BF| C| D

12/1

5-time course winner. 5/2, last of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 42 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 88273-9

(9)

Birdwatcher²²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: S Veale| T: Duncan Howells| CD

18/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in November. 12¾ lengths seventh of 8 to Poursomesugaronme in handicap (5/1) at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0841-57

(10)

Drive By²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: C Maujean| T: Louis Goosen| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Latest win here in October. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (7/2) at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 122-483

Forecasts

Kingsmeads Krystl (2/1), Poursomesugaronme (3/1), Global Secret (9/2), Drive By (11/2), Gelsomina (10/1), Blush Of Dawn (12/1), Trentino (14/1), Hatta (16/1), Birdwatcher (18/1), Nonoti (22/1)

KINGSMEADS KRYSTL gets a narrow vote. Drive By is tough to ignore, while Poursomesugaronme is another with the potential to figure.