12:50 Turffontein

Saturday 23 November 2024

All10:2511:0011:3512:1012:5013:2514:0014:35

Bidvest Middle Stakes

Off time: 12:51 | Winning time: 2m 5.66s

(8)

Sugar Blast¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: C Maujean| T: Tony Peter| D

10/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (16/1) at Vaal (8.4f, good) 18 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 187571-

(3)

Indian Ocean⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: P Strydom| T: Lorenzo Karriem| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. Career best when winning 6-runner handicap at Vaal (9.9f, good, 8/1). Off 95 days. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 046911-

(7)

Scarlett Pimpernel²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Mike/Adam Azzie| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 23¼ lengths tenth of 13 to Poets Warrior in listed race (100/1) at this course (11.9f, good) 21 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 73/3540-

(6)

Imperial Master^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in June. Respectable third of 7 in handicap at this course (9f, soft, 13/2) 12 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 913233-

(1)

Tamarisk Tree⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Robbie Sage| C

2/1

Course winner. Good second of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good, 5/2) 42 days ago.

Form: 186222-

(9)

Mount Darwin²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Calvin Habib| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

6/1

Course winner. Latest win here in August. 5/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 320714-

(2)

Two Miles West³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Paul Matchett| C

15/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in June. 7/1, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 143815-

(4)

Royal Edition²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Phillip Labuschagne| D

6/1

Latest win at Vaal in September. Creditable second of 6 in handicap (16/1) at this course (9f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 433152-

(5)

Afraad^b¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 7-12| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Phillip Labuschagne| OR: 73| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 25/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Vaal (11.9f, good) 18 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 967805-

Forecasts

Tamarisk Tree (2/1), Indian Ocean (7/2), Mount Darwin (6/1), Royal Edition (6/1), Two Miles West (15/2), Scarlett Pimpernel (9/1), Sugar Blast (10/1), Imperial Master (14/1), Afraad (18/1)

INDIAN OCEAN can win again. Two Miles West could be the danger, while Imperial Master edges things for third.