In The Box Set Podcast Middle Stakes (F & M).
Greyville · Sunday, 29 Mar · 16:00
· 6f 211y
· POLYTRACK
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:00
Off time
8
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
THAT'S MY BABY (SAF
🥈 Second
SHE'S A MACHINE (SAF
🥉 Third
WINTER RAINFALL (SAF
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.50
5/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
3.75
11/4
04 · —
8
7/1
05 · —
9
8/1
06 · —
9.50
17/2
07 · —
11
10/1
08 · —
19
18/1
09 · —
21
20/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | 1 |
Back At The George (F)
FAV
C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 5/1, good 1½ lengths third of 7 to Buttercup Baby in minor event at this course (6f, AW) 21 days ago. Must improve.
|
Craig Zackey | Dean Kannemeyer | 4 | 57.2 kg |
3.50
5/2
|
| 1st | 2 | 2 |
Buttercup Baby (F)
Four wins from 10 runs last year. Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner minor event at this course (6f, AW, 5/2) 21 days ago by ½ length from Sovereign Grant.
|
Rachel Venniker | Wendy Whitehead | 4 | 58.5 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 2nd | 3 | 3 |
Captain's Pride (F)
Latest win here in December. Good second of 8 in handicap at Scottsville (6f, good to soft, 10/1) 28 days ago.
|
Blaine Marx-jacobson | Louis Goosen | 3 | 52.6 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| — | 4 | 4 |
That's My Baby (M)
Course winner. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good to soft, 7/1) 22 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.
|
K De Melo | Sean Tarry | 5 | 59.9 kg |
9
8/1
|
| 8th | 5 | 5 |
Heavenly Mafia (F)
[B]
6/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 11-runner maiden at Scottsville (7f, good to soft). Off 105 days. Makes all weather debut.
|
Cole Dicken | Glen Kotzen | 3 | 50.8 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 6th | 6 | 6 |
Hierkommiebokkie (M)
[B]
Eleven runs since last win in 2025. 3 lengths sixth of 7 to Buttercup Baby in minor event (25/2) at this course (6f, AW) 21 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.
|
Calvin Habib | Dennis Bosch | 6 | 58.5 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 5th | 7 | 7 |
Sovereign Grant (M)
Nineteen runs since last win in 2024. 6/1, creditable ½-length second of 7 to Buttercup Baby in minor event at this course (6f, AW) 21 days ago.
|
Tristan Godden | Michael Miller | 5 | 58.5 kg |
8
7/1
|
| 7th | 8 | 8 |
She's A Machine (F)
C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 4/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 34 days ago. Can make presence felt.
|
M Yeni | Stuart Ferrie | 4 | 55.3 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 3rd | 9 | 9 |
Winter Rainfall (M)
Twenty two runs since last win in 2023. Good second of 9 in handicap (25/2) at this C&D (AW) 30 days ago.
|
Serino Moodley | Candice Bass | 5 | 57.2 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
Betting forecast: Back At The George (5/2), Buttercup Baby (11/4), Winter Rainfall (11/4), Sovereign Grant (7/1), That's My Baby (8/1), Captain's Pride (17/2), She's A Machine (10/1), Heavenly Mafia (18/1), Hierkommiebokkie (20/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 77192.0 ZAR |
| P2 | 24701.0 ZAR |
| P3 | 12351.0 ZAR |
| P4 | 6175.0 ZAR |
| P5 | 3088.0 ZAR |