14:25 Greyville

Wednesday 14 August 2024

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tabGOLD Score 6 Score 8 Score 10 Mr 68 Handicap

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 1m 35.09s

(1)

Firu Star¹⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Garth Puller| C

17/2

Course winner. 33/1, last of 9 in handicap at Kenilworth (9f, good). Off 6 months. Rejoined yard after leaving A.E.Sands. Difficult ask.

Form: 2107/99-

(3)

Shoefella^b⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Tristan Godden| T: Peter Muscutt| C

4/1

Blinkered for 1st time, didn't need to improve to win 10-runner handicap (7/2) at this course (7f, AW) 79 days ago.

Form: 940071-

(5)

Wave Warrior^b³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Alyson Wright| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in April. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D (AW) 31 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 183545-

(6)

Zoombomber⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Corne Spies

11/2

One win from 26 Flat runs. Twenty two runs since last win in 2023. 3/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Vaal (8.4f, good) 6 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 229934-

(7)

Nantes Festival^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Cole Dicken| T: Siboniso Ngcobo

100/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, first run since leaving P. V. Lafferty when fifth of 7 in maiden at this course (5f, AW, 33/1) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0/06505-

(8)

Secret Recipe⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: M Yeni| T: Mike/Adam Azzie

15/2

9/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Turffontein (7.4f, good) 69 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Must improve.

Form: 443231-

(9)

Future Of Energy⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Calvin Habib| T: Mark Dixon| CD

6/1

Course winner. 7/1, below form fifth of 10 in handicap at this course (9f, AW) 56 days ago. Looks well in on pick of form.

Form: 269595-

(10)

L'ultimo^b1³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Michael Roberts| C

5/1

Course winner. One win from 22 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. Blinkered for 1st time, length second of 9 to Bally Magic in handicap at this course (7f, AW, 33/10) 31 days ago.

Form: 959762-

(11)

Bally Magic³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Serino Moodley| T: Wendy Whitehead| C

9/2

3 wins from 8 runs this year. Improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap (33/10) at this course (7f, AW) 31 days ago by length from L'ultimo. Others have achieved more.

Form: 591311-

(12)

Count Marsh^b³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Nicholas Patel| T: Robbie Hill| CD

16/1

4-time course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. Good fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (7f, AW, 5/2) 31 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 746424-

Non-Runners

(2)

Galaxy Explorer⁷⁰

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Tony Rivalland J: Siphesihle Hlengwa

(4)

Quick Star²⁸

Weight: 8-11| Age: 9

T: Matthys Odendaal J: Iannish Taka

Forecasts

Shoefella (4/1), Bally Magic (9/2), Wave Warrior (5/1), L'ultimo (5/1), Zoombomber (11/2), Future Of Energy (6/1), Secret Recipe (15/2), Galaxy Explorer (8/1), Firu Star (17/2), Count Marsh (16/1), Quick Star (25/1), Nantes Festival (100/1)

GALAXY EXPLORER could bounce back to winning ways. L'ultimo is a threat, while Zoombomber isn't dismissed lightly.