13:45 Kenilworth

Saturday 16 August 2025

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Winter Country Championship 2000 Final

3YO plus | 1m 1f 153y | Soft | 11 Runners | Turf

(1)

Pentolina^b⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Vaughan Marshall

10/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at this course (8f, soft) 56 days ago. Up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 9/23294-

(2)

Heal And Soul³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Luyolo Mxothwa| T: James Crawford| C

Course winner. Respectable fifth of 13 in handicap (16/1) at this course (7f, heavy) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 1/03605-

(3)

Gentleman Joe⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: C Orffer| T: Willem Nel| C| D

Course winner. Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap (13/2) at Greyville (9f, good) 84 days ago.

Form: 713/275-

(4)

Baton Rouge²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: R Fourie| T: Piet Botha| CD

4-time course winner. Evens, improved on recent efforts to win 7-runner minor event at this course (9f, heavy) 25 days ago.

Form: 562211-

(5)

Professor Snape²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Chad Little| T: Vaughan Marshall

Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 33/1, good third of 8 in minor event at this C&D (heavy) 25 days ago.

Form: 945/803-

(6)

Master Of Paris^b¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: M Yeni| T: Justin Snaith| C

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. 14/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at this course (8f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0/23439-

(7)

Elegant Noble³²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Brevan Plaatjies⁽³⁾| T: James Crawford| C

Much improved when winning 8-runner minor event (7/2) at this course (9f, heavy) 32 days ago.

Form: 51/0031-

(8)

Western World^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Oswald Noach| T: Vaughan Marshall| C

Course winner. 66/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at this course (7f, heavy) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 1/00000-

(9)

Ariovistus^b⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Danielson| T: Piet Botha| CD

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Didn't need to improve to win 10-runner minor event at this C&D (soft, 33/10) 56 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 4/74911-

(10)

Express Yourself¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: A Domeyer| T: Justin Snaith| CD

Course winner. Below form fourth of 10 in handicap (33/1) at this course (8f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 073684-

(11)

Kwite A King^b⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Justin Snaith| CD

C&D winner. 6/1, bit below form 2¼ lengths fourth of 10 to Ariovistus in minor event at this C&D (soft) 56 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2/42144-

Forecasts

Baton Rouge (4/1), Elegant Noble (5/1), Kwite A King (6/1), Gentleman Joe (7/1), Express Yourself (7/1), Pentolina (8/1), Master Of Paris (8/1), Professor Snape (10/1), Ariovistus (12/1), Heal And Soul (16/1), Western World (50/1)

BATON ROUGE can win again. Pentolina is dangerous, while Master Of Paris merits respect as well.