15:10 Turffontein

Saturday 21 September 2024

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Betway Progress Plate

Off time: 15:38 | Winning time: 1m 37.64s

(8)

Barbaresco⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: P Strydom| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

1/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Vaal in April. 16/1, 5½ lengths eighth of 9 to Dave The King in Gr 1 at Greyville (9f, good) 55 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 812388-

(3)

Mastership⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C Maujean| T: Dianne Stenger| CD

9/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in June. 7¼ lengths eighth of 12 to La Moohal in Gr 3 (25/2) at this course (9f, good) 76 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 321118-

(6)

Quatermain^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁶⁾| T: Robyn Klaasen| BF| D

12/1

First run since leaving A. E. Sands when good second of 5 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good, 17/10) 16 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 134202-

(7)

United Council⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Robbie Sage| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 14/1, creditable fifth of 10 in minor event at this course (12.9f, good) 72 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 593555-

(2)

Copper Mist⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Calvin Habib| T: Weichong Marwing| C

7/1

Course winner. 4/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 42 days ago.

Form: 095334-

(1)

Sukhumvit¹³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: M Yeni| T: Alec Laird| BF| C

15/8

Course winner. 5/2, seventh of 9 in minor event at Vaal (9.9f, good). Off 135 days. Back down in trip. Booking of Yeni a plus. Enters calculations.

Form: 2/1327-

Non-Runners

(5)

Guy Gibson²¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: Roy Magner J: G Lerena

(4)

Professor Snape⁵¹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: Johan J Vuuren J: Philasande Mxoli

Forecasts

Barbaresco (1/1), Sukhumvit (15/8), Guy Gibson (9/2), Copper Mist (7/1), Mastership (9/1), Quatermain (12/1), Professor Snape (16/1), United Council (25/1)

BARBARESCO is running well enough to take this but will need to be firing on all cylinders. Sukhumvit is probably the chief opposition, while Copper Mist is one to bear in mind too.