The official payouts for Race 1 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today had to be amended because 8 Peanut Pops was treated as a runner instead of a scratching. The corrected official payouts were declared about 20 minutes after the original dividends and unfortunately this resulted in delays to the resulting of Race 2. 

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8 BELL OF ANGELUS   10 MAGICAL SKY   3 TREASURE ISLAND   1 CRAFTY CROFTY

Summary: Mostly unraced but of those that have run, BELL OF ANGELUS (8) has run two good races on this course and must have a chance of going one better. MAGICAL SKY (10)  and SAVARA’S PRINCESS (12) both looked held by Bell Of Angelus. Keep a close eye on the betting. (Andrew Harrison: 8-10-3-1).

2

4 ICE RAIN   3 BROADWAY GIRL   5 AFRICAN BEAT   7 ICE SENSATION

Summary: ICE RAIN (4) made a winning local debut when winning from a wide draw at Hollywoodbets Greyville. She can still improve on that. BROADWAY GIRL (3) has been rested but she has consistent form in useful company. AFRICAN BEAT (5) just needed her last run and her recent form has been in the soft.  (Andrew Harrison: 4-3-5-7).

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3 GOOD LIVING   6 TOUCH OF HEAVEN   1 REAL WAR   9 THE GOLDEN GOAL

Summary: GOOD LIVING (3) gives weight to all but should put in another bold effort. EMOYENI (10) is lightly raced and still improving. TOUCH OF HEAVEN (6) made marked improvement last run. She is lightly raced and should have more to come. REAL WAR (1) was a little disappointing last run but is better than her last effort in blinkers. (Andrew Harrison: 3-6-1-9).

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3 PRINCESS GOLDIE   4 JUMPTHEGREENLIGHT   5 LA MADDALENA   11 KMV RETROFIT

Summary: PRINCESS GOLDIE (3) was runner-up last run after flopping on the poly at her previous start. She is still improving. JUMPTHEGREENLIGHT (4) was well beaten last run but can improve on this straight course. Piere Strydom makes a rare visit and partners LA MADDALENA (5) who has been trying a furlong further but not far behind. KMV RETROFIT (11) has improved with each outing and can feature. (Andrew Harrison: 3-4-5-11).

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2 HARUN AL RASHID    6 ART NOUVEAU   7 MANY WATERS   9 SOVEREIGN COMMAND

Summary: HARUN AL RASHID (2) makes his local debut and Piere Strydom has been booked to ride no doubt at the request of his good friend Joa de Mata. ART NOUVEAU (6) is way better than her last run and the step up in trip will suit even against males. MANY WATERS (7) is improving with each run and will enjoy the extra. SOVEREIGN COMMAND (9) has his second run after gelding and can improve. (Andrew Harrison: 2-6-7-9).

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7 RAGNAR THE KING   1 GREEN MILE   3 FERN HILL   9 WHITE WATERS

Summary: RAGNAR THE KING (7) was outpaced late last run over 1400m and the step up in trip can see him home. GREEN MILE (1) is lightly raced but has been improving and should run well from a plum draw. FERN HILL (3) made marked improvement last run and now tries blinkers. WHITE WATERS (9) made a promising local debut after arriving from the Cape and has run well over this trip. (Andrew Harrison: 7-1-3-9).

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8 WILLIAM ROBERTSON   9 QUASIFORSURE   4 SUN BLUSHED   10 SHIPOLIA

Summary: WILLIAM ROBERTSON (8) came from a long way back when touched off by rank outsider Captain Bombshell last time out. A little handier and 100m further should see him make amends. QUASIFORSURE (9) was game in defeat behind the progressive Cats Pajamas last run and also goes well this course and distance. SUN BLUSHED (4) has his third run after a lay-off and was on the heels of William Robertson when last they met. (Andrew Harrison: 8-9-4-10).

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14 LADY VIX   4 AYUWI YUWI   7 LITTLEBLACKGEM   11 EMERALD GREEN

Summary: Wide open handicap. LADY OF VIX (14) has placed in all three outings and looks capable of further improvement. Her last two have been in the soft. She finished behind AYUWI YUWI (4) in her first run out of the maidens but the latter has shown up well in subsequent outings albeit with 4kg claimer aboard. LITTLEBLACKGEM (7) judged on jockey bookings she is the pick of Michael Roberts’ runners and she won her penultima start over this course but steps up an extra 100m. EMERALD GREEN (11) bids for a hattrick and can go in again. (Andrew Harrison: 14-4-7-11).

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14 TWENTY ONE MAY   9 KALAHARI ROLLER   2 APEX PREDATOR   8 CONNERY

Summary:  TWENTY ONE MAY (14) has been holding form over this trip. He has a handy weight and should go close again. KALAHARI ROLLER (9) is never far back and has a light weight. APEX PREDATOR (2) goes well this trip and also has a light weight. CONNERY’s (8) winning streak came to an end last start but can do better over this shorter trip. Andrew Harrison: 14-9-2-8).

Andrew Harrison

William Robertson fluffed his lines when runner-up at Hollywoodbets Scottsville last month but he can get back on the winning trail when he lines up over 1200m in the Marula Sprint at the same venue today.

William Robertson has proved lethal on this track but as a result has garnered a hefty handicap rating and generally has to give weight to all and sundry.

Trainer Corne Spies has picked his charge’s battles carefully, mostly sticking to Pinnacle Stakes races where the gelding is generally well in at the weights. He was widely regarded as something of a ‘good thing’ last time out when well in but was found out as he ran out of runway in the 100m.

He was seemingly well out of his ground in the early exchanges but finished with a rattle, only to be run out of it by outsider Captain Bombshell to whom he was giving 6kg.

A little handier and 100m further should see him make amends.

Peter Muscutt’s runner Quasiforsure was game in defeat behind the progressive Cats Pajamas last run over 1400m but also goes well this course and distance and will be a threat along with Sun Blushed who has his third run after a lay-off and was on the heels of William Robertson when last they met.

Punters face a well-filled nine-race card but they are unlikely to have much joy in the first where they face a field of mostly unraced runners. Of the three that have run, Bell Of Angelus has run two good races on this course and must have a chance of going one better with that experience under her girth.

Good Living will have plenty of supporters in the first leg of the PA, third race on the programme. It is an Open Maiden so gives weight to most but should put in another bold effort. Touch Of Heaven may be a threat as she made marked improvement last run. She is lightly raced and should have more to come.

In the opening leg of the Pick 6, Princess Goldie was runner-up last run after flopping on the poly at her previous start but is still improving and may be worth another chance in a competitive contest. Jumpthegreenlight was well beaten last run but can improve on this straight course while Piere Strydom makes a rare visit and partners La Maddalena who has been trying a furlong further but not far behind.

The truth behind Strydom’s visit could come in the fifth where he partners Gareth van Zyl’s gelding Harun Al Rashid. The gelding makes his local debut and Strydom has been booked to ride no doubt at the request of his good friend Joa de Mata. Art Nouveau is way better than her last run and the step up in trip will suit even against males.

In the sixth, Ragnar The King was outpaced late last run over 1400m and the step up in trip can see him home. Green Mile is lightly raced but has been improving and should run well from a plum draw while Fern Hill made marked improvement last run and now tries blinkers.

The eighth is a wide open handicap but Lady Of Vix has placed in all three outings and looks capable of further improvement. Her last two have been in the soft. She finished behind Ayuwi Yuwi in her first run out of the maidens but the latter has shown up well in subsequent outings albeit with a 4kg claimer aboard. Littleblackgem, judged on jockey bookings, is the pick of Michael Roberts runners and she won her penultima start over this course but steps up an extra 100m.

There is no respite in the last but Twenty One May could fit the bill as he has been holding form over this trip and has a handy weight. Kalahari Roller is never far back and has a light weight while Apex Predator goes well this trip and also has a light weight. Connery’s winning streak came to an end last start but he can do better over this shorter trip.

David Thiselton

Guineas day heralds the start of Johannesburg’s chief feature season and both the Gr 2 TAB Gauteng Guineas and GR 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas are full of intrigue this year.

In the Gauteng Guineas there is a choice between pure form as opposed to visual impression and reputation. 

The Mike de Kock-trained Greaterix oozes class and has a lot of speed and a magnificent turn of foot. 

Hollywoodbets make him an even money chance.

However, he is held on paper by the Alec Laird-trained Gr 2 SA Nursery winner Fire Attack, who is around 3/1.

Fire Attack beat Greaterix by 2,50 lengths over course and distance in the Gr 2 Betway Dingaans. 

Last time out Greaterix beat Fire Attack by 0,70 lengths in the Gr 3 Got The Greenlight Stakes over 1400m but was receiving 2kg, so once again it was Fire Attack who put in the better performance. Furthermore, Fire Attack was closing fast having been dropped out to last from the widest draw of all.

The reason Greaterix is a shorter price is due to reputation plus the visual impression he creates and he also had excuses for his last two runs. In the Dingaans he was caught in front and just went too fast and finished a bit distressed. His bloods were not right upon getting home. De Kock consequently eased off him completely and said he therefore needed his run in the Got The Greenlight Stakes. Greaterix showed a terrific turn of foot when Muzi Yeni let him go early in the straight in the Got The Greenlight, which he did because not much had gone well for him in the race until then.

Muzi had been teaching him to settle in training and he had intended to put him to sleep in the race, but he firstly had horses on his heels early and the pace later stacked up. De Kock is actually not sure of Greaterix’s classic race suitability, because he possesses so much speed. He said he can’t work him with other horses, because he just leaves them behind.

Fire Attack now has pole position, meaning he will be closer to the pace.

Greaterix is drawn nine, meaning he will need some luck finding cover, especially considering his speed, although Muzi Yeni is a master at slotting in from wide draws.

However, the bookmakers look to have the prices wrong.

Fire Attack has everything in his favour and form is also usually the best guide.

It is not a two horse race, though.

Bacchus has a step up in class, but he caught the eye as one who could go places and from draw six he should turn it on in the straight over and ideal course and distance. 

Legend Of Arthur is in fact the joint highest rated runner together with Fire Attack and he should relish this tough course and distance being by Lancaster Bomber out of a Galileo mare. He is in fact a half-brother to recent Gr 3 winner over 2500m, King Pelles. It is only his second run of the season and his first run for three months, but he should go well fresh over this trip, which could end up being on the sharp side for him.

Parisian Walkway was fourth in the Dingaans and will make his presence felt.

Chestnut Bomber could stay on into the places.

Musical Score, Choisaanada and Wild At War are better than their last respective runs.

Aristotle is an interesting acquisition from the Cape for the Laird yard as he had decent form in that strong centre.

Waheed, and Diwali Rocket will need improvement, while DantonfromSandton has a stamina doubt based on his previous form.

Fire Attack is selected to beat Greaterix with Bacchus, Legend Of Arthur and Parisian Walkway next best.

The sensational Quid Pro Quo will be hard to beat in the Gr 1 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas.

A draw of eleven will not bother her as she can be switched on and off in the running and has an exceptional turn of foot.

She could be given some cheek by Spumante Dolce, who has also struck as something special in her two runs to date and over an ideal trip this Vercingetorix half-sister to Hollywoodbets Durban July winner Sparkling Water should be running on strongly from draw three.

VJ’s Angel is in fact officially higher rated than Quid Pro Quo. She enjoys this trip and has Gavin Lerena up, albeit from a tricky draw. World Of Alice would prefer further but should be running on. Fiery Pegasus has class and can bounce back from a below par run last time.

Those five are selected in the order mentioned.

Quid Pro Quo is a banker in all bets suggestion, although the risk averse van consider including Spumante Dolce.