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Greyville · Wednesday, 28 Jan · 18:10
· 5f 212y
· POLYTRACK
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:10
Off time
7
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
GRAND APPEAL (SAF
🥈 Second
FATE OF FORTUNE (SAF
🥉 Third
MAGIC SURPRISE (SAF
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.75
7/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
4
3/1
04 · —
5
4/1
05 · —
8.50
15/2
06 · —
8.50
15/2
07 · —
19
18/1
08 · —
23
22/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | 1 |
Fate Of Fortune (G)
[B]
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.
|
K De Melo | Alyson Wright | 7 | 61.7 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 7th | 2 | 2 |
Rafa's Boy (G)
[B]
33/10, respectable third of 7 in minor event at Greyville (5f, soft) 31 days ago.
|
S Veale | Gareth (jnr) | 6 | 61.7 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 4th | 3 | 3 |
Grand Appeal (G)
Latest win here in August. Good second of 6 in handicap at Greyville (7f, good, 28/10) 26 days ago. Can make presence felt.
|
Callan Murray | Matthys Odendaal | 4 | 61.7 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 5th | 4 | 4 |
Take Your Place (F)
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.
|
Jason Gates | Dominic Zaki | 4 | 55.8 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 1st | 5 | 5 |
Magic Surprise (G)
FAV
7/2, good second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 14 days ago.
|
Rachel Venniker | Doug Campbell | 3 | 59.9 kg |
2.75
7/4
|
| — | 6 | 6 |
Ibutho (G)
9-time course winner. 5/2, didn't need to improve to win 7-runner minor event at this course (7f, AW) 21 days ago. Booking of Louw a plus. Likely to continue in form.
|
Dezahn Louw | Alyson Wright | 8 | 63 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 6th | 7 | 7 |
Passage Of Power (G)
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.
|
Cole Dicken | Kumaran Naidoo | 7 | 63 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 3rd | 8 | 8 |
Winter Waves (G)
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.
|
Damyan Pillay | Alyson Wright | 8 | 61.7 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
Betting forecast: 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)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 71252.0 ZAR |
| P2 | 22792.0 ZAR |
| P3 | 11408.0 ZAR |
| P4 | 5704.0 ZAR |
| P5 | 2852.0 ZAR |