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Friday 16 August 2024

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Next Fairview Racemeeting Friday 23 August Mr 78 Handicap

Off time: 15:58 | Winning time: 1m 8.42s

(10)

Pompei Warning²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽³⁾| T: Gavin Smith| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. 33/1, creditable seventh of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.

Form: 163007-

(4)

Masked Vigilante²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: S Veale| T: Alan Greeff| BF| D

11/4

Latest win here in May. 3/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.

Form: 513444-

(11)

See You In A Bit⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Cole Dicken| T: Kelly Mitchley| D

33/1

Winner here in March. 25/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Fairview (6f) 63 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 703109-

(1)

Ella's Delight²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: S Khumalo| T: Kelly Mitchley| CD

13/2

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (7/2) at Fairview (6f) 28 days ago.

Form: 535241-

(6)

Great Melody^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: M Yeni| T: Gavin Smith| CD

11/2

4-time course winner. 14/1, creditable second of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 744702-

(9)

Explosive Speed^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Gavin Smith| D

10/1

Winner at Kenilworth in March. 8/1, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 341796-

(5)

Thing Called Love²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Kendall Minnie| T: Alan Greeff

33/1

Winner at Turffontein in February. 33/1, first run since leaving J. J. Van Vuuren when fourteenth of 16 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 47/2180-

(8)

Guarding The Wall⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Sharon Kotzen| BF| D

7/4

17/10, first run since leaving D. Kannemeyer when respectable second of 9 in minor event at this C&D (good) 49 days ago.

Form: 076062-

(3)

Irontail^b⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: C Maujean| T: Sharon Kotzen| D

17/2

Latest win here in April. 11/2, good third of 10 in minor event at Fairview (6.5f) 53 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 337123-

(7)

Jp Two Thousand⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Duncan McKenzie| D

11/1

Last of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (12.9f, good, 20/1) 64 days ago. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving F. P. Habib. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 455560-

Non-Runners

(2)

Magic Prince¹⁰

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Zietsman Oosthuizen J: Stallone Naidoo

Forecasts

Guarding The Wall (7/4), Masked Vigilante (11/4), Great Melody (11/2), Ella's Delight (13/2), Irontail (17/2), Explosive Speed (10/1), Jp Two Thousand (11/1), Magic Prince (12/1), Pompei Warning (22/1), Thing Called Love (33/1), See You In A Bit (33/1)

IRONTAIL is in a good vein of form and is up to winning this. Guarding The Wall seems best of the rest, while Masked Vigilante edges it so far as third place is concerned.