Race 6: FOLLOW IN THE BOX SEAT PODCAST C STAKES (For All Horses with a nett rating of 83 & below)

GREYVILLE RACECOURSE | Friday, 07 March 2025 | 18:45

Distance: 2000m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R110,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Hot Strike 7 ch. m 56.0kg 10 Mr C F Dicken - - 59 33/1
1st Hodgepodge TF 3 b. f 57.5kg 1 Mr S D Veale - 82 78 5/2
2nd Sascha's Dream 3 b. f 54.5kg (56.0) 2 Miss R A Venniker 0.25 81 75 11/2
3rd El Rey Viene 5 b. g 58.5kg 6 Mr R Munger 1.15 71 77 11/2
4 Arverni King 5 ch. g 64.0kg 12 Mr A C Fortune 2.65 81 86 14/1
5 Jaham 3 b. g 64.0kg 5 Mr T Godden 3.05 89 89 25/1
6 Blackberry Breeze 4 b. g 60.0kg 3 Mr J W Jacobs 3.35 73 71 25/1
7 Escapologist 5 b. m 59.0kg 13 Mr Serino Moodley 5.55 77 77 33/1
8 French Trip 4 b. g 64.0kg 8 Mr K Matsunyane 5.8 81 88 9/2
9 Queen Amina 3 b. f 57.5kg 10 Mr S S Hlengwa 6.8 83 76 10/1
10 Master Of Destiny 8 b. g 56.0kg (60.0) 9 Mr Jace Botes 7.4 73 73 25/1
11 Stormy Choice 4 gr. f 59.0kg (61.5) 4 Mr B J A Plaatjies 7.6 81 81 33/1
12 Intuitive Spirit 4 b. c 60.0kg 11 Mr M A Yeni 17.6 73 57 66/1
13 Professor Lupin 4 gr. g 61.5kg 7 Mr D Daniels 99.99 76 67 66/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
125.4s
Average Time
123.38s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R955,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Hodgepodge 1 82 78 -4 + 7 -11
Sascha's Dream 2 81 75 -6 -1 -5
El Rey Viene 3 71 77 +6 -1 + 7
Arverni King 4 81 86 +5 -1 + 6
Jaham 5 89 89 0 -2 + 2
Blackberry Breeze 6 73 71 -2 -2
Escapologist 7 77 77 0 -2 + 2
French Trip 8 81 88 +7 -2 + 9
Queen Amina 9 83 76 -7 -3 -4
Master Of Destiny 10 73 73 0 -3 + 3
Stormy Choice 11 81 81 0 -3 + 3
Intuitive Spirit 12 73 57 -16 -6 -10
Professor Lupin 13 76 67 -9 -10 + 1
Hot Strike None - 59 - -193 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:  
a)	MASTER OF DESTINY (*J Botes) and INTUITIVE SPIRIT (M Yeni) lost 1 length.
  THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED :
a)	MASTER OF DESTINY (*J Botes) commenced to over-race in the early stages and was steadied on two occasions to avoid the heels of STORMY CHOICE (*B Plaatjies) at approximately the 1600m.
b)	 BLACKBERRY BREEZE (J Jacobs) brushed the inside running rail on two occasions at approximately the 1400m.
c)	Apprentice B Plaatjies's (STORMY CHOICE) crop was accidentally struck from his hand by Jockey S Hlengwa (QUEEN AMINA) at the 250m.
d)	Jockey D Daniels reported that PROFESSOR LUPIN faltered upon entering the straight and thereafter Jockey D Daniels did not persevere with his riding. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 
e)	HODGEPODGE (S Veale), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer S H Ferrie was advised (DZ).
JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES :
a)	Jockey A Fortune was the rider of ARVERNI KING (advised 07.03.2025/09h26).
b)	Jockey J Jacobs was the rider of BLACKBERRY BREEZE (advised 07.03.2025/17h32).

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER :
a)	Nil.
  
THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED : 
a)	PROFESSOR LUPIN : Nothing obvious detected.
b)	INTUITIVE SPIRIT : Nothing obvious detected.

SCRATCHINGS : 
a)	HOT STRIKE : Not eating up (Trainer - 07.03.2025/07h49). Rule 53.5 applies.

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:
a)	None.