13:45 Scottsville

Wednesday 17 July 2024

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Open A tabGOLD Account - 031 314 1874 Middle Stakes

Off time: 13:46 | Winning time: 2m 32.13s

(1)

African Dusk^b¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Iannish Taka| T: Garth Puller| C

25/1

Course winner. Good third of 11 in minor event (16/1) at Greyville (9.4f, AW) 18 days ago. Up in trip. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 387043

(2)

Policy Of Truth³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo

25/1

Winner at Greyville in May. 18½ lengths ninth of 10 to Future Pearl in Gr 3 at Greyville (11.9f, good, 33/1) 32 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 2-33319

(3)

Last One Standing³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Calvin Habib| T: Glen Kotzen| C

9/2

Course winner. Good second of 13 in minor event (14/1) at this course (8.7f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 5152-92

(4)

Quantifier³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Serino Moodley| T: Gareth (jnr)

18/1

Last of 13 in minor event at this course (8.7f, good to soft, 25/1) 30 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 2342-20

(5)

Continentalexpress⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Craig Zackey| T: Dean Kannemeyer

3/1

Winner at Kenilworth in March. 8/1, good ½-length second of 13 to Vihaan's Bomb in minor event at this C&D (good) 46 days ago. Progressing recently.

Form: 76-4122

(6)

Trusova⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Tristan Godden| T: Peter Muscutt| C

5/1

Course winner. Good length third of 13 to Vihaan's Bomb in minor event (6/1) at this C&D (good) 46 days ago.

Form: 63-5243

(7)

Mambo Come Tesio^b⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: M F De Kock| BF| D

12/1

18/10, creditable third of 10 in minor event at Turffontein (12.9f, good) 6 days ago.

Form: 632233

(8)

Noble Warrior³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts

40/1

14/1, improved to win 10-runner maiden at Greyville (10.9f, good) 32 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 776271

(9)

Kind Judy^b³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: S Khumalo| T: Barend Daniel Botes| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at this course (9.7f, good to soft, 16/1) 30 days ago. Back up in trip. Has best chance on form.

Form: 652755

(10)

Vihaan's Bomb^b⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Fourie| T: Gareth (jnr)| CD

9/4

3 wins from 5 runs this year. Career best when winning 13-runner minor event at this C&D (good, 5/2) 46 days ago by ½ length from Continentalexpress.

Form: 8-32111

(11)

Send Me^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Tony Rivalland

16/1

Winner at Greyville in February. 10/1, good fourth of 8 in minor event at Greyville (9f, AW) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 321404

(12)

Few Dollars More⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁹⁾| T: Glen Kotzen

25/1

33/1, 5 lengths ninth of 13 to Vihaan's Bomb in minor event at this C&D (good) 46 days ago.

Form: 51-7459

(13)

Rock Fall¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Lafferty| OR: 71| C| D

25/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win here in January. 50/1, 9 lengths last of 15 to Madison Valley in Gr 3 at Greyville (14.9f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 862-170

Non-Runners

Roy's Rocker²⁸

Weight: 7-12| Age: 5

T: Paul Gadsby J: Reserve 1

San Marzano³⁵

Weight: 8-0| Age: 4

T: Kumaran Naidoo J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Vihaan's Bomb (9/4), Continentalexpress (3/1), Last One Standing (9/2), Trusova (5/1), Mambo Come Tesio (12/1), Kind Judy (16/1), Send Me (16/1), Quantifier (18/1), Rock Fall (25/1), African Dusk (25/1), Few Dollars More (25/1), Policy Of Truth (25/1), Noble Warrior (40/1)

KIND JUDY gets the vote. Last One Standing could be the one to profit if the selection underperforms, while Continentalexpress is another with the potential to figure.