14:10 Greyville

Wednesday 28 January 2026

All10:3511:1511:5012:2513:0013:3514:1014:45

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Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 11.51s

(1)

Fate Of Fortune^b¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: K De Melo| T: Alyson Wright| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Four wins from 8 runs last year. Latest win here in November. Respectable fourth of 8 in minor event (77/100) at Greyville (5f, good) 10 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 13112-4

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(2)

Rafa's Boy^b³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: S Veale| T: Gareth (jnr)| D

15/2

33/10, respectable third of 7 in minor event at Greyville (5f, soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 246333-

(3)

Grand Appeal²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Callan Murray| T: Matthys Odendaal| BF| D

3/1

Latest win here in August. Good second of 6 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good, 28/10) 26 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 49162-2

(4)

Take Your Place⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Gates| T: Dominic Zaki

18/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Turffontein (6f, good) 76 days ago. Makes all weather debut. First run for yard after leaving B. B. Ruiters. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 230446-

(5)

Magic Surprise¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Doug Campbell| D

7/4

7/2, good second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 14 days ago.

Form: 34529-2

(7)

Passage Of Power¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Cole Dicken| T: Kumaran Naidoo| D

22/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. 50/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Scottsville (7f, good) 17 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 46578-0

(8)

Winter Waves²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Damyan Pillay⁽⁶⁾| T: Alyson Wright| CD

15/2

7-time course winner. Latest win here in December. 7/1, creditable length third of 7 to Ibutho in minor event at this course (7f, AW) 21 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 03316-3

Non-Runners

(6)

Ibutho²¹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 8

T: Alyson Wright J: Dezahn Louw

Forecasts

Magic Surprise (7/4), Fate Of Fortune (11/4), Grand Appeal (3/1), Ibutho (4/1), Winter Waves (15/2), Rafa's Boy (15/2), Take Your Place (18/1), Passage Of Power (22/1)

GRAND APPEAL could be the way to go. Fate Of Fortune gets the nod among the rest, while Magic Surprise deserves some consideration as well.