Race 8: Hollywoodbets BRIGHT FUTURE MR 88 HANDICAP (Open)

GREYVILLE RACECOURSE | Wednesday, 28 September 2022 | 16:45

Distance: 1400m
Going: Standard
Stakes: R80,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:8.0 4yrs:0.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:11.0 4yrs:1.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Prince Of Taranto 4 b. g 61.0kg 6 Mr M A Yeni - - 92 28/10
1st Ralph The Rascal 8 b. g 56.5kg 3 Mr K de Melo - 81 73 9/4
2nd Metallic Gold TF 3 ch. c 48.0kg (52.0) 6 Mr M K Katjedi 0.15 72 75 5/2
3rd Al's My Daddy 5 b. g 56.5kg 2 Mr C J Habib 1.85 81 70 25/2
4 Spirit Of My Fate 5 b. g 53.5kg (56.0) 4 Mr D B Geerthsen 1.9 80 70 7/1
5 Captain Who 4 b. c 56.5kg 8 Mr A Mgudlwa 2.1 81 65 10/1
6 Grappler 4 ch. g 59.0kg 1 Mr K Matsunyane 3.2 86 79 25/2
7 Winter With Jo 3 ch. c 57.0kg 5 Mr T Godden 3.4 83 74 25/2
8 Top Wesselton 3 b. g 52.5kg (52.0) 7 Mr J P van der Merwe 11.2 73 68 16/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
82.06s
Average Time
82.91s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R618,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Ralph The Rascal 1 81 73 -8 + 7 -15
Metallic Gold 2 72 75 +3 -1 + 4
Al's My Daddy 3 81 70 -11 -1 -10
Spirit Of My Fate 4 80 70 -10 -1 -9
Captain Who 5 81 65 -16 -1 -15
Grappler 6 86 79 -7 -2 -5
Winter With Jo 7 83 74 -9 -2 -7
Top Wesselton 8 73 68 -5 -4 -1
Prince Of Taranto None - 92 - -188 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:  
a)	RALPH THE RASCAL (K de Melo) and CAPTAIN WHO (A Mgudlwa) lost one length. 
  
THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED :
a)	Approaching the 200m, CAPTAIN WHO (A Mgudlwa) which rolled in, was momentarily steadied when awkwardly placed on the outside of AL'S MY DADDY (C Habib) which rolled out marginally.  
b)	Apprentice M Katjedi (METALLIC GOLD) accidentally dropped his crop shortly before the finish. 
c)	TOP WESSELTON (J P v'd Merwe) raced wide throughout. 
d)	Jockey J P v'd Merwe signed an admission of guilt for a contravention of Rule 66.4 in that as the rider of TOP WESSELTON, he weighed in more than 1kg above the weight at which he was declared out. Accordingly, a fine of R1000 was imposed.    
e)	RALPH THE RASCAL (K de Melo), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer A Wright advised (NS).
JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES :
a)	TOP WESSELTON Jockey J P v'd Merwe weighed out at 52.8kg, 0.5kg over the carded weight. 

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER :
a)	Nil. 
  
THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED : 
a)	GRAPPLER : Post-race distress. 

SCRATCHINGS : 
a)	PRINCE OF TARANTO : Abnormal blood count (Trainer - 27.09.22/14h35). Rule 53.5 applies. 

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:
a)	None