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Saturday 23 May 2026

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Lucky Lad (2024) Middle Stakes

3YO plus | 7f 210y | 13 Runners | Turf

(1)

Guy Gibson⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: R Fourie| T: Alan Greeff| D

8/1, good third of 9 in minor event at Fairview (8f, good) 71 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 213-243

(2)

Son Of Rafeef²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Tristan Godden| T: Yogas Govender

Winner at Greyville in December. 50/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 11 in handicap at this course (7f, soft) 24 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 2251-0

(3)

Mohave Prince^b²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Andrew Fortune| T: Garth Puller| C

Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Greyville in February. 7/1, very good second of 11 in handicap at Greyville (9.4f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7-65112

(4)

Cleartherunway²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Calvin Habib| T: Mark Dixon| C

Course winner. Latest win here in February. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 20/1) 27 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 16-6194

(5)

African Dusk^b²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Anaas Mosaheb⁽⁹⁾| T: Garth Puller| CD

4-time course winner. Latest win here in January. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Greyville (9.4f, good to soft, 50/1) 29 days ago.

Form: 97-1690

(6)

Frere Jacques¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| D

1 win from 1 run this year. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (5/2) at Turffontein (7.2f, good to soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 24142-1

(7)

Uzwano^b²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Dean Kannemeyer| CD

C&D winner. Excellent fifth of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Greyville (9.4f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1115-05

(8)

Jp's Palace¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Darryl Moore| BF| C

Course winner. Latest win here in March. Very good second of 10 in handicap at Greyville (7f, AW, 5/2) 14 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 5-22132

(9)

Diani¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Chad Little| T: Dennis Bosch| OR: 85| C

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2024. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap (40/1) at Greyville (7f, AW) 14 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 088445

(11)

Kitchakal^b⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: S Veale| T: Duncan Howells| CD

C&D winner. Seventh of 10 in minor event (5/1) at Greyville (7f, AW) 45 days ago.

Form: 54-6027

(12)

Better Man²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: K De Melo| T: Vaughan Marshall| D

100/1, 6½ lengths ninth of 11 to Star Major in Gr 2 at Greyville (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 16-4379

(13)

Power Star^b¹⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-0| J: A Mgudlwa| T: Doug Campbell

One win from 34 Flat runs. Eighth of 10 in minor event (16/1) at Greyville (9.4f, good). Off 155 days. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 044/028-

Non-Runners

(10)

Talk To The Master⁴²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: Dominic Zaki J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Frere Jacques (6/4), Talk To The Master (9/4), Guy Gibson (4/1), Uzwano (13/2), Mohave Prince (8/1), Jp's Palace (12/1), Diani (14/1), Kitchakal (16/1), Cleartherunway (16/1), Better Man (25/1), Power Star (25/1), Son Of Rafeef (25/1), African Dusk (25/1)

GUY GIBSON is in a good spell of form and could be difficult to catch. Diani gets the nod among the remainder, while Frere Jacques looks third best.