Barrier Trial Greyville poly 1000m 26/09/2018
1st Scarratoo (Ngwane/Gordon MR70 A 59kg draw 11) This Ashawwes gelding had three moderate starts as a two-year-old. He showed good pace throughout and strode out well but doesn’t have the smoothest of actions and appears to dish outward on both forlegs. 58.95 seconds
2nd 1,25 Shadrack (Moodley/Lafferty A 59kg draw 10) This unraced Pomodoro gelding was well away and showed good pace and he did it quite easily with a nice action. 59.18 seconds
3rd 1,50 Game Changer (Jacobson/Crawford A t 60kg draw 6) This four-year-old Twice Over gelding finished a close sixth on debut over 1400m in May having run well in two barrier trials before that. He showed some pace and a nice rangy action. He should do well over further. 59.22 seconds
4th 4,75 Elegant Eva (De Melo/Kannemeyer a 58kg draw 7) This unraced King’s Chapel filly had one previous barrier trial. She displayed a nice long stride throughout. 59.82 seconds
5th 11,25 Blushing Bell (Sakayi -2.5 kg/Van Zyl (Jnr) A 58kg draw 5) This is also an unraced King’s Chapel filly who had one previous barrier trial. She showed a fair stride but was green and her momentum was blocked by a slower horse in the straight. She can improve. 61.04 seconds
6th 11,30 The Master (Marcus/Drier S 59kg draw 4) This unraced Master Of My Fate gelding is well put together and showed some pace and a nice action, but proved in need of the outing. 61.05 seconds
7th 12,30 I Write The Songs (Jacobs -4 kg/Lafferty A 58kg draw 8) This unraced Noble Tune filly had one previous barrier trial. Reared at the off and thereafter displayed a fair action without being asked to do a lot. 61.25 seconds
8th 18.05 Talesa (Veale/Gadsby S 58kg draw 3) This unraced Crusade filly was slow away and green throughout, so didn’t give away much. 62.38 seconds
9th 18,30 Arnulfo (Ramzan -4 kg/Gordon S 59kg draw 1) This unraced Visionaire gelding showed some early pace and a reasonable action but he was green and the penny still has to drop. 62.43 seconds
10th 22,05 Prize Starter (Pagel/Impey S 58kg draw 2) This unraced Spanish Harlem filly was green and outpaced throughout and will likely need another barrier trial for the penny to drop. 63.2 seconds
11th 22,10 Hispanic Hoopla (Gates -4 kg/Impey S 58kg draw 9) This unraced Toreador filly has some scope but was slowly away and very green around the turn before making up some ground in the straight. 63.21 seconds
By David Thiselton
