Barrier Trial Greyville 1000m poly 21/10/2018

1^st Buffalo Soldier (Zackey/Howells MR78 A t 60kg draw 5) He was returning from a six month layoff and showed pace from the off and strode out well throughout. 58.2 seconds

2^nd 1,00 Mokoko (Jacobs -4 kg/Lafferty A 59kg draw 2) This Mogok gelding only cost R10,000. He has some substance and ran on well but doesn’t have the smoothest of actions and wore bandages on both hocks. 58.37 seconds

3^rd 3,00 Captain Kangaroo (Kennedy/Lafferty MR68 A 60kg draw 1) He was returning from an eight month layoff and was keen to get going, throwing his head up when being restrained from the off. Thereafter he strode out well although he was dishing on the off fore. 58.7 seconds

4^th 3,75 Mighty Mercury (Randolph/Whitehead A t 60kg draw 6) He was returning from a layoff of close to a year and strode out nicely throughout. 58.83 seconds

5^th 7,75 I Write The Songs (Moodley/Lafferty A 58kg draw 7) This unraced Noble Tune filly showed some early pace and a fair action and was not asked any questions. 59.49 seconds

6^th 12,50 Little Miss Philly (Pagel/Denysschen A 58kg draw 3) This unraced Philanthropist filly is out of the Grade 1-winning Jet Master mare Little Miss Magic, who has produced the promising stakes-placed Trippi filly Miss Katalin and two other winners. She was green and outpaced early but displayed a fair action and can improve. 60.28 seconds

7^th 12,75 PayBackTheMoney (Dillon/N Kotzen A 59kg draw 4) This unraced Marchfield colt has plenty of scope and without being asked to do a lot displayed a nice, big rangy action. He is looking for further. 60.33 seconds

By David Thiselton