Race 5: www.goldcircle.co.za MR 77 HANDICAP (Open)

GREYVILLE RACECOURSE | Wednesday, 11 January 2023 | 14:50

Distance: 1600m
Going: Standard
Stakes: R80,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:5.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:7.5 4yrs:0.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st Ice Kingdom 2 b. c 51.5kg (54.0) 3 Mr S S Hlengwa - 75 80 20/1
2nd Pewter Sky 3 gr. g 57.5kg 2 Mr M A Yeni 0.4 72 71 6/1
3rd Ibutho TF 7 b. g 61.0kg 9 Mr K de Melo 2.4 79 83 6/1
4 Spirit Of My Fate 5 b. g 61.0kg 7 Mr T Godden 5.6 79 70 5/1
5 Cyber Time 3 b. g 60.0kg 8 Mr J Gates 8.1 77 81 6/1
6 Rodriguez 6 ch. g 58.0kg 4 Mr Serino Moodley 9.6 73 69 9/2
7 Grimaldi 4 b. g 60.5kg (62.0) 1 Miss R A Venniker 15.0 81 67 17/2
8 Al's My Daddy 5 b. g 59.5kg 5 Mr C F Dicken 18.5 76 70 6/1
9 Caramel Fudge 3 ch. g 57.0kg 6 Mr A Mgudlwa 23.0 81 53 25/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
95.65s
Average Time
96.14s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R622,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Ice Kingdom 1 75 80 +5 + 7 -2
Pewter Sky 2 72 71 -1 -1
Ibutho 3 79 83 +4 -1 + 5
Spirit Of My Fate 4 79 70 -9 -2 -7
Cyber Time 5 77 81 +4 -3 + 7
Rodriguez 6 73 69 -4 -4
Grimaldi 7 81 67 -14 -6 -8
Al's My Daddy 8 76 70 -6 -7 + 1
Caramel Fudge 9 81 53 -28 -8 -20
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:  
a)	CARAMEL FUDGE (A Mgudlwa) was restless in the stalls.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED :
a)	IBUTHO (K de Melo) was hanging in, in the concluding stages.
b)	Jockey A Mgudlwa reported that he felt something amiss with CARAMEL FUDGE in the running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
c)	Trainer P Lafferty was questioned regarding the improved performance of ICE KINGDOM as compared to this gelding's previous run over 1200m on the 04.12.22. He attributed the improvement shown to having removed the blinkers over the longer distance of 1600m of today's race.  Mr Lafferty has undertaken to race ICE KINGDOM over distances similar to that of today's race in its immediate future engagements.
d)	ICE KINGDOM (*S Hlengwa), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer P V Lafferty advised (DZ).
JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES :
a)	ICE KINGDOM raced without blinkers (advised 11.01.23/08h53).
b)	SPIRIT OF MY FATE raced equipped with blinkers (advised 10.01.23/09h09).

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER :
a)	Nil. 
  
THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED : 
a)	CARAMEL FUDGE : Nothing obvious detected.
b)	GRIMALDI : Minor cut right stifle.

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS : 

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:
a)	None