In The Box Seat Podcast Middle Stakes (F & M).
Scottsville · Sunday, 25 Jan · 18:20
· 5f 212y
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:20
Off time
12
Runners
Good to Soft
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
WINTER RAINFALL (SAF
🥈 Second
BUTTERCUP BABY (SAF
🥉 Third
LIGHT OF GABRIEL (SAF
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 14 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.75
11/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
5
4/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
8
7/1
06 · —
8.50
15/2
07 · —
9.50
17/2
08 · —
23
22/1
09 · —
23
22/1
10 · —
26
25/1
11 · —
26
25/1
12 · —
26
25/1
13 · —
29
28/1
14 · —
34
33/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th | 1 | 1 |
Khethiwe's Destiny (F)
C&D winner. Last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (5.5f, soft) 28 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.
|
S Veale | Mike/mathe Kock | 4 | 59.9 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 6th | 2 | 2 |
Light Of Gabriel (F)
FAV
C&D winner. Three wins from 9 runs last year. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago by head from Fascination.
|
Craig Zackey | Dean Kannemeyer | 3 | 55.3 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| — | 3 | 3 |
Versace Onthetrack (F)
[B]
Two wins from 5 runs last year. Blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving F. P. Habib when last of 6 in handicap (5/1) at Greyville (6f, AW) 11 days ago.
|
Cole Dicken | Kumaran Naidoo | 3 | 55.3 kg |
26
25/1
|
| — | 4 | 4 |
Berrington Blew (F)
[B]
Blinkered for 1st time, last of 9 in maiden at Greyville (5f, AW, 10/1) 47 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M. J. Odendaal.
|
Girish Samo-burthia | Nathan Kotzen | 3 | 50.8 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 4th | 5 | 5 |
Winter Rainfall (M)
[B1]
Twenty one runs since last win in 2023. Creditable 2¾ lengths third of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago. Enters calculations.
|
Andrew Fortune | Candice Bass | 5 | 55.3 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 12th | 6 | 6 |
West Side Story (F)
C&D winner. Excellent 2¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap () at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago.
|
Mathew Thackeray | Duncan Howells | 4 | 52.6 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 9th | 7 | 7 |
Siesta Sunset (F)
Course winner. Latest win at Greyville in September. Seventh of 9 in minor event at Greyville (7f, good, 11/2) 51 days ago.
|
Calvin Habib | Michael Miller | 3 | 57.2 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 8th | 8 | 8 |
Hierkommiebokkie (M)
[B]
25/2, last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago. Uphill task.
|
K De Melo | Dennis Bosch | 6 | 59.9 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 3rd | 9 | 9 |
Buttercup Baby (F)
Four wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win at Greyville in November. 6/1, fifth of 8 in minor event at Greyville (6f, AW) 18 days ago. Booking of Louw a plus. Expected to be bang there.
|
Dezahn Louw | Wendy Whitehead | 4 | 57.2 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 1st | 10 | 10 |
One Smart Cookie (M)
[B]
3-time C&D winner. Four wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win here in August. 25/1, sixth of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago.
|
Serino Moodley | Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo | 5 | 58.5 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 2nd | 11 | 11 |
Tara Star (M)
[B]
C&D winner. Five wins from 19 Flat runs. Three wins from 9 runs last year. Creditable second of 8 in minor event at Greyville (5.5f, soft) 28 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.
|
Mxolisi Mbuto | Darryl Moore | 5 | 58.5 kg |
8
7/1
|
| 10th | 12 | 12 |
Sovereign Grant (M)
[B1]
Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2024. 5/1, creditable third of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago.
|
Tristan Godden | Michael Miller | 5 | 59.9 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 7th | 13 | 13 |
Fascination (F)
C&D winner. Winner here in July. Good head second of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago. Can make presence felt.
|
Mickaelle Michel | Nathan Kotzen | 3 | 52.6 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| 5th | 14 | 14 |
Tomyris (M)
[B]
Three wins from 11 runs last year. 28/10, respectable 1¼ lengths fourth of 9 to Ladyofdistinction in listed race at Greyville (8f, good) 30 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.
|
S Khumalo | Gareth (jnr) | 5 | 59.9 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
Betting forecast: Light Of Gabriel (11/4), Buttercup Baby (4/1), Sovereign Grant (11/2), Winter Rainfall (6/1), Tara Star (7/1), Tomyris (15/2), Fascination (17/2), One Smart Cookie (22/1), Siesta Sunset (22/1), Hierkommiebokkie (25/1), Khethiwe's Destiny (25/1), Versace Onthetrack (25/1), West Side Story (28/1), Berrington Blew (33/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 77192.0 ZAR |
| P2 | 24701.0 ZAR |
| P3 | 12351.0 ZAR |
| P4 | 6175.0 ZAR |
| P5 | 3088.0 ZAR |