Greyville (Poly/Night) Friday December 23 Race Previews by Warren Lenferna

Race 1
Preview: With no disrespect to anyone in this race, it has to be one of the weakest maidens to go to post. BRAVE KNIGHT gets Marcus and an okay draw. He shows speed and to put it rather bluntly, if he cannot win tonight – he will battle! ROYAL BODYGUARD was not far off last time and can go very close once again as he is not taking on much but he is very well tried. The rest – get out that crystal ball! (Warren Lenferna 1-3-7-9)

Race 2
Preview: The second race on the card is just as weak as the first and Anton Marcus seems to have selected the right rides in these two races. APHRODEITY’S RAIN despite the wide draw looks very hard to beat here. DAMALI ran well last time and should do so again. BLUE JASMINE and BEAU VAR can finish in the first four. (Warren Lenferna 8-1-3-2)

Race 3
Preview: CAPTAIN ELLIO has done well in KZN and ran second last time to Lucky Barb – that form should be good enough in this field to see him go one better tonight. He is the confident first choice. SUPPER GUPPY is way better than her last run suggests and if reproducing and improving on her penultimate effort should be right there at the finish again – ignore her last run. ROY’S POWER comes from an inform trainer / owner combination and he is seldom far off the action. KEPT SECRET could pop up. (Warren Lenferna 2-9-10-3)

Race 4
Preview: LA DI VAR will get help again with an apprentice claim – Serino Moodley has done well on her and she looks ready to win again. ALL TRUE MAN (Marcus) is better than his last run and has a chance. ROMAN SOCIETY and RED APACHE have quartet chances in a field where pretty much anything could happen. (Warren Lenferna 3-6-9-5)

Race 5
Preview: ICY SPIRIT has to overcome the draw – if doing so, she should be hard to beat as her form is good and she won her penultimate start impressively. BRAVE AND BOLD is very consistent and her chances of going close look very bright. WELL DRESSED ran a cracker last time behind Roy’s Rakara and has a chance tonight. CAROLINE’S CALL has been catching the eye recently and she has a strong chance4 here with in form Alec Forbes in the saddle. (Warren Lenferna 4-3-5-11)

Race 6
Preview: SOVEREIGN REIGN ran an excellent race last time and looks cherry ripe to go one better and score his fourth career win. MAGICAL BET won a good race last time beating a tough field – if he had to follow up it would be no shock at all. TROPICAL’S SON and BIZJET can fight out the minor money and must be included in the quartet. (Warren Lenferna 1-5-8-2)

Race 7
Preview: Trainer Belinda Impey is doing exceptionally well with MUSIC WORLD. She ran a great race last time in a tough field and has proven she has ability. She goes 2000m tonight and I am sure this will be no problem. She has shown she goes on both turf and poly and has been selected with some confidence to win this race and record her fourth career win. LITTLE CHAPEL won the race where Music World ran fourth in and again there should not be too much between the two. Little Chapel is a big runner and danger. JET INTOMBI and PEACE AGAIN are worth having a close look at for the minor money positions. (Warren Lenferna 4-2-3-6)

Race 8
Preview: The way CRYSTAL BALL was closing in hand over fist last time to finish fourth behind stable companion Madame Excess (whom runs / ran on Wednesday) – she should be a very hard horse to beat over tonight’s 2000m trip that she tries for the first time. If she stays she should win! ROY’S PONY ran well last time and her chances look bright here. SPANISH LADY is coming to hand steadily and from the good draw should be able to go very close tonight and help add some value to the quartet. UNDER THE ROSE showed last time that her penultimate run was all wrong and she deserves her place in the quartet tonight but they will all have to run some to beat Crystal Ball if she sees the distance and takes to the surface! (Warren Lenferna 2-6-3-4)