12:40 Fairview

Friday 2 May 2025

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Racing Today Mr 74 Handicap

Off time: 12:42 | Winning time: 1m 35.09s

(9)

Holocene^b⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: R Fourie| T: Alan Greeff| BF| C| D

7/4

Course winner. Latest win here in January. 33/10, creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Fairview (8f, good) 42 days ago.

Form: 60-2135

(3)

A Place In The Sun²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Iannish Taka| T: Alan Greeff| D

50/1

125/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 10 in minor event at Fairview (7f, good) 28 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Must improve.

Form: 656-008

(11)

Union Rose²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Cliffie Miller| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Seventh of 11 in handicap at this C&D (33/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 1-34007

(6)

Kohana²¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chad Little| T: Juan Nel| D

9/1

9/4, didn't need to improve to win 10-runner maiden at Fairview (8f, good). Off 7 months. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving T. J. Laing. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 79321-

(10)

Lt Alexander⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Cliffie Miller| C

33/1

Course winner. Seventh of 10 in handicap (125/1) at Fairview (7f, good). Off 98 days. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 47168-7

(5)

Hospices De Beaune^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Eldin Webber| T: Zietsman Oosthuizen| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Winner here in March. Last of 6 in minor event (25/1) at this C&D 10 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 787-681

(1)

Gold Gunner^b⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: Sharon Kotzen| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Good second of 6 in minor event (33/1) at this C&D 10 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 140-480

(8)

In The Green Zone^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: C Maujean| T: Justin Snaith

28/1

Bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap at this course (6.5f, 16/1) 35 days ago. Up in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 53-8007

(2)

Karoo Gold⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Calvin Habib| T: Kelly Mitchley| CD

7/1

11/2, creditable fifth of 11 in minor event at Fairview (11.9f, good) 77 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Z. Oosthuizen. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0245-75

(7)

Fearless Badger²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Craig Zackey| T: Gavin Smith| D

7/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in January. Good fifth of 15 in handicap at Fairview (9.9f, good, 20/1) 28 days ago. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 674-155

(4)

Reach Forthe Stars^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Yuzae Ramzan| T: Gavin Smith| CD

20/1

C&D winner. One win from 26 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. Sixth of 9 in minor event at this course (10.9f, 20/1) 7 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 462-996

Forecasts

Holocene (7/4), Gold Gunner (5/2), Fearless Badger (7/1), Hospices De Beaune (7/1), Karoo Gold (7/1), Kohana (9/1), Union Rose (18/1), Reach Forthe Stars (20/1), In The Green Zone (28/1), Lt Alexander (33/1), A Place In The Sun (50/1)

FEARLESS BADGER can take this open race. Gold Gunner makes most appeal of the remainder, while Holocene also commands a closer look.