14:58 Greyville

Thursday 26 December 2024

All10:4511:2012:0012:3513:1313:4814:2314:58

Hollywoodbets Bright Future Mr 77 Handicap

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 1m 37.58s

(1)

Shiny Bob⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa| T: Garth Puller

8/1

7/1, respectable second of 10 in maiden at this C&D (good) 74 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 84832-

(2)

Go Grayson Go³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Deryl Daniels| T: Frikkie Greyling| D

3/1

Career best when winning 11-runner maiden at Scottsville (8f, good to soft, 2/1) 32 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 7221-

(3)

Captain Marsala^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Gareth (jnr)| D

22/1

Winner at Scottsville in July. Seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 25/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 331067-

(4)

Record High¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: C Maujean| T: Wendy Whitehead

22/1

Winner here in August. Seventh of 11 in handicap (33/1) at Scottsville (7f, good) 18 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 271077-

(5)

Jaham⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Danielson| T: M F De Kock

8/1

Winner at Turffontein in September. 10/1, fifth of 7 in minor event at this C&D (good to soft) 60 days ago.

Form: 54125-

(6)

Galaxy Explorer⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Mxolisi Mbuto⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Rivalland| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap (20/1) at this course (9.4f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 793955-

(8)

Rollo The Viking¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S Veale| T: Frank Robinson| D

10/1

2/1, career best when winning 9-runner maiden at Greyville (8f, AW) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 923231-

(9)

Mr Hotstepper⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Frikkie Greyling| BF

12/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in October. Last of 6 in handicap at Greyville (8.4f, AW, 5/4) 43 days ago. First run for yard after leaving G. S. Kotzen. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 516-

(10)

French Trip^b⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Duncan Howells| BF

4/1

Winner at Scottsville in July. 3/1, good second of 9 in handicap at this course (9.4f, good to soft) 46 days ago.

Form: 431242-

(11)

Global Movement³²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Calvin Habib| T: Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo| C

9/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 12 runs this year. 2/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Scottsville (7.4f, good to soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 372121-

(12)

Lucky Dollar³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Tristan Godden| T: Stuart Ferrie| D

20/1

13/2, fifth of 6 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 39 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 244665-

(13)

Jazz Festival³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Craig Zackey| T: Mark Dixon| CD

6/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 11 runs this year. Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner handicap (28/10) at this C&D (good to soft) 39 days ago by head from Global Movement. Has work to do.

Form: 157131-

Non-Runners

(7)

Landseer⁵⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: Willem Nel J: Serino Moodley

Forecasts

Go Grayson Go (3/1), French Trip (4/1), Jazz Festival (6/1), Jaham (8/1), Shiny Bob (8/1), Global Movement (9/1), Galaxy Explorer (9/1), Rollo The Viking (10/1), Mr Hotstepper (12/1), Landseer (14/1), Lucky Dollar (20/1), Record High (22/1), Captain Marsala (22/1)

GALAXY EXPLORER is the tentative selection in an open contest. Shiny Bob should be right in the mix too, while French Trip looks best of the others.