The pace will be on this Friday night at Greyville as “Champions Season” continues with the Grade 2 Post Merchants.
SEARCH PARTY from the in-form Brett Crawford yard tops the betting boards, and will relish this distance in which he has a great record.
Magic Tips fancies Sean Tarry’s CAPTAIN’S CAUSEWAY, who is a four time winner, with two wins at this distance. He is seldom far off, and could cause an upset here.
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POST MERCHANTS
Grade 2 – 1200m – R400 000
Greyville – Friday 16 June 2017 – Race 7 – 20:25
| No | Dr | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
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1
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(3) | Talktothestars | 17/2 | B Fayd’Herbe | Coenie de Beer |
| 2 | (17) | Gulf Storm | 10/1 | R Fourie | Brett Crawford |
| 3 | (9) | Search Party | 7/2 F | C Orffer | Brett Crawford |
| 4 | (4) | Barbosa | 8/1 | A Forbes | Dennis Drier |
| 5 | (7) | Captain’s Causeway | 25/2 | S Khumalo | Sean Tarry |
| 6 | (6) | SCR | ….. | Gary Alexander | |
| 7 | (10) | Captain Swarovski | 20/1 | D Dillon | Justin Snaith |
| 8 | (8) | SCR | A Marcus | Charles Laird | |
| 9 | (11) | Redcarpet Captain | 14/1 | W Kennedy | Gareth van Zyl |
| 10 | (2) | Amazing Strike | 7/1 | A Delpech | Alec Laird |
| 11 | (15) | Lord Balmoral (AUS) | 20/1 | M Byleveld | Vaughan Marshall |
| 12 | (14) | Joan Ranger | 10/1 | M V’Rensburg | Lucky Houdalakis |
| 13 | (1) | Just As I Said | SCR | K de Melo | Lucky Houdalakis |
| 14 | (12) | Professor Brian (AUS) | 7/2 | G van Niekerk | Joey Ramsden |
| 15 | (16) | Mr Roy | 33/1 | A Mgudlwa | Alyson Wright |
| 16 | (5) | Seventh Plain | 25/2 | S Veale | Dennis Drier |
| 17 | (13) | Donny G | SP | Reserve 3 | Sean Tarry |
Hollywoodbets will be paying 4 fixed odds places.
Betting is correct as of Thursday 16 June, 08h00
Betting is subject to change. E&OE.
Magic Tips Preview
CAPTAIN’S CAUSEWAY acquitted himself fairly well despite not having a preparation outing leading up to the Grade 1 contest at Scottsville late last month.
The Tarry inmate has a bit to find with a few of tonight’s rivals but will be fitter and certainly has the class to pull this off.
The son of Captain Al has track experience which should prove crucial.
The local BARBOSA rolled back the years with a solid last effort in the same event as the top selection and the Drier inmate should again be competitive tonight.
The Cape visitor SEARCH PARTY represents the man of the moment Brett Crawford and is his jockey’s solitary ride on the card.
The bay gelding fared best of all when he ran on for 2nd in the Scottsville Grade 1 last month and despite being 1kg worse off with BARBOSA, he holds an excellent record over this distance and merits strong consideration.
The obvious concern is that he races on this tight circuit for the first time and is yet to experience racing under the lights.
The other Cape visitor who also races under the lights for the first time is the vastly improved imported gelding PROFESSOR BRIAN who is searching for a six-timer but this is his acid test.
Magic Tips Predicted Finish
| 1st | – | Captain’s Causeway (5) |
| 2nd | – | Barbosa (4) |
| 3rd | – | Search Party (3) |
| 4th | – | Professor Brian (AUS) (14) |
| 5th | – | Lord Balmoral (AUS) (11) |
Winning Form Predicted Finish
| 1st | – | Amazing Strike (10) |
| 2nd | – | Captain’s Causeway (5) |
| 3rd | – | Just As I Said (13) |
| 4th | – | Donny G (17) |
| 5th | – | Search Party (3) |
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