13:35 Turffontein

Saturday 23 March 2024

All10:0510:4011:1511:5012:2513:0013:3514:1514:50

Racehorse Owners Association Mr 97 Divided Handicap

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 2m 5.03s

(3)

River Romeo¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Lorenzo Karriem| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. First run since leaving P. F. Matchett when last of 12 in minor event at this course (9f, good, 40/1) 14 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 69106-0

(1)

Raffles⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lerena| T: Roy Magner| D

9/2

66/1, good third of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 42 days ago. Back up in trip. Must improve.

Form: 13258-3

(9)

Willow's Wish^b³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: P Strydom| T: Sean Tarry| C

9/1

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 10 in minor event (10/1) at this course (9f, good) 35 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 433-474

(8)

Home Of The Brave²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Tyrone Zackey| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Sixth of 9 in minor event at this course (7.4f, good, 20/1) 23 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 335-166

(10)

Trois Trois Quatre^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: M Yeni| T: M F De Kock| BF| C| D

2/1

Course winner. Three wins from 9 runs last year. 15/10, creditable neck second of 6 to Poorlittlerichgirl in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 22-3522

(5)

Battleground³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Calvin Habib| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| C

28/1

Course winner. Three wins from 11 runs last year. Last of 6 in minor event (8/1) at this course (11.9f, good) 35 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8242-46

(4)

Kwazzi's Lady^b²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Alec Laird| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 13 runs last year. Seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 66/1) 23 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 050-407

(7)

Poorlittlerichgirl¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford| CD

7/1

Two wins from 5 runs last year. Career best when winning 6-runner handicap (25/2) at this C&D (good) 14 days ago by neck from Trois Trois Quatre.

Form: 516-531

(6)

Viva Brazil^b1³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| BF| D

7/2

Two wins from 5 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in December. 17/10, good second of 12 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 37 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 1641-22

(2)

Total Surrender¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

12/1

Three wins from 8 runs last year. 20/1, eighth of 10 in minor event at this course (8f, good) 14 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 1428-68

Forecasts

Trois Trois Quatre (2/1), Viva Brazil (7/2), Raffles (9/2), Home Of The Brave (11/2), Poorlittlerichgirl (7/1), Willow's Wish (9/1), Total Surrender (12/1), River Romeo (22/1), Battleground (28/1), Kwazzi's Lady (33/1)

TROIS TROIS QUATRE is just about best of these all things considered. Home Of The Brave seems best of the remainder, while Poorlittlerichgirl isn't dismissed lightly.

Prize Money

1st: R87,509.002nd: R28,003.003rd: R14,001.004th: R7,001.005th: R3,500.00

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