17 September 2023 | Greyville | Race 3

METCOR GROUP MAIDEN PLATE (For all Maidens)

Distance 1400m

Going Soft

Win Time 87.00s

Avg Time 85.34s

Stakes R100,000

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	King Pelles	Mr A Mgudlwa	7	57.0kg	—	122	122	Won	13/10Fav	Y	O: Lucky Vest 12 CC (Nom: Mr Ravi Padayachee), Messrs D D MacLean, Gary Player Stud Farm (Pty) Ltd & N V Parmanand T: Mr Gareth van Zyl
2	Isorender	Mr C Zackey	1	57.0kg	—	63	63	+1.50	20/1	Y	O: Mr D M Kannemeyer & Mrs J S Thomas T: Mr D M Kannemeyer
3	Benni In The Area Line	Mr R D Fourie	5	60.0kg	72	78	78	+1.90	33/10	Y	O: Hollywood Racing (Nom: Mr A Delpech) T: Mr G I Rich
4	Magic Prince	Mr M A Yeni	12	60.0kg	72	66	66	+3.10	8/1	B Y	O: Mr P Boonzaaier T: Mr M N Prinsloo
5	Teerex	Mr K Matsunyane	2	57.0kg	79	74	74	+6.70	20/1	B Y	O: Mr Mervin Govender T: Mr K G Naidoo
6	Heroic Power	Mr T Godden	3	57.0kg	—	62	62	+7.40	20/1	Y	—
7	Moon Harvest	Mr C R Maujean	6	60.0kg	63	55	55	+9.10	66/1	TT Y	—
8	Hiawatha Goldberg	Mr B J A Plaatjies	8	53.0kg*	—	57	57	+9.50	125/1	Y	—
9	Tickalox	Mr Serino Moodley	9	57.0kg	79	67	67	+11.50	14/1	Y	—
10	Du Cane	Mr S D Veale	11	60.0kg	53	45	45	+14.70	125/1	Y	—
11	Van Meijel	Mr C J Habib	10	60.0kg	—	54	54	+14.80	8/1	Y	—
12	Kyoto	Miss R A Venniker	4	55.5kg*	—	38	38	+18.80	100/1	Y	—

King Pelles

Mr A Mgudlwa · Dw 7 · 57.0kg

Won

13/10 Fav

MR — → 122

Isorender

Mr C Zackey · Dw 1 · 57.0kg

+1.50

20/1

MR — → 63

Benni In The Area Line

Mr R D Fourie · Dw 5 · 60.0kg

+1.90

33/10

MR 72 → 78

Magic Prince

Mr M A Yeni · Dw 12 · 60.0kg

+3.10

8/1

MR 72 → 66

B Y

Teerex

Mr K Matsunyane · Dw 2 · 57.0kg

+6.70

20/1

MR 79 → 74

B Y

Heroic Power

Mr T Godden · Dw 3 · 57.0kg

+7.40

20/1

MR — → 62

Moon Harvest

Mr C R Maujean · Dw 6 · 60.0kg

+9.10

66/1

MR 63 → 55

TT Y

Hiawatha Goldberg

Mr B J A Plaatjies (True) · Dw 8 · 53.0kg

+9.50

125/1

MR — → 57

Tickalox

Mr Serino Moodley · Dw 9 · 57.0kg

+11.50

14/1

MR 79 → 67

Du Cane

Mr S D Veale · Dw 11 · 60.0kg

+14.70

125/1

MR 53 → 45

Van Meijel

Mr C J Habib · Dw 10 · 60.0kg

+14.80

8/1

MR — → 54

Kyoto

Miss R A Venniker (True) · Dw 4 · 55.5kg

+18.80

100/1

MR — → 38

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) DU CANE (S Veale) lost 2 lengths. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED : a) VAN MEIJEL (C Habib) was hanging out around the turn. b) TEEREX (K Matsunyane) shifted in away from the crop around the 400m. c) Jockey S Veale reported that DU CANE made an abnormal respiratory noise in the running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine. d) In view of the performances of TICKALOX (S Moodley) (11.50 lengths, 14/1 in the betting) and VAN MEIJEL (C Habib) (14.80 lengths, 8/1 in the betting), the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine. e) KING PELLES (A Mgudlwa), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer T Fripp acting on behalf of Trainer G van Zyl (Jnr) advised (DZ). JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES : a) Jockey M Yeni was the rider of MAGIC PRINCE (advised 17.09.2023/07h56). RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER : a) Nil. THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED : a) DU CANE : Nothing obvious detected. b) TICKALOX : Not striding out right hind and overreach wound left hind. c) VAN MEIJEL : Not striding out right hind. d) HIAWATHA GOLDBERG : Scalped left hind. e) MOON HARVEST : Returned post-race having cast the left hind shoe. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS : DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER: a) None.