08 March 2020 | Greyville | Race 6

MERANTI PHARMACY MAIDEN PLATE

Distance 2000m

Going Good

Win Time 126.26s

Avg Time 125.33s

Stakes R100,000

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Royal Pursuit	Mr Serino Moodley	9	60.0kg	55	49	49	Won	14/1	B Y	O: Mrs S Viljoen & Mr C Fenwick T: Mrs L Forbes
2	Noble Flight	Mr C Zackey	6	60.0kg	68	56	56	+1.70	5/1	B Y	O: Mr M J A Ferreira T: Mr P V Lafferty
3	Strawberrypoptart	Mr W B Kennedy	8	56.5kg	60	52	52	+4.30	15/2	B Y	O: Messrs Kashmeel Sukhraj & Saien Sukhraj, D D Naick, K G Naidoo & Morgan Pillay T: Mr K G Naidoo
4	Straight Shooter	Mr C J Habib	10	60.0kg	61	54	54	+4.80	20/1	Y	O: Messrs D T Oelofse & O P J Vorster T: Mr M L Roberts
5	Moodies Well Line	Mr J Gates	1	60.0kg*	49	42	42	+5.10	8/1	N	O: Mr J W & Mrs J K Armitage T: Mr Clinton Binda
6	August Red	Mr G Wright	3	60.0kg	72	60	60	+5.70	18/10Fav	B Y	—
7	Go Daddy	Mr A Arries	7	60.0kg*	41	55	55	+6.10	66/1	B Y	—
8	Jumping Castle	Mr J W Jacobs	11	56.0kg*	50	44	44	+9.30	66/1	B TT Y	—
9	Maxima	Mr D Dillon	5	60.0kg	51	48	48	+11.40	55/1	TT Y	—
10	Uptown Funk	Mr B Jacobson	4	60.0kg	45	40	40	+15.30	55/1	Y	—
11	Montgomery	Mr G Pieterse	2	56.0kg*	60	50	50	+16.60	25/1	Y	—
Code 90	Power To Command	Mr S Randolph	4	60.0kg	—	62	62	—	5/1	N	—

Royal Pursuit

Mr Serino Moodley · Dw 9 · 60.0kg

Won

14/1

MR 55 → 49

B Y

Noble Flight

Mr C Zackey · Dw 6 · 60.0kg

+1.70

5/1

MR 68 → 56

B Y

Strawberrypoptart

Mr W B Kennedy · Dw 8 · 56.5kg

+4.30

15/2

MR 60 → 52

B Y

Straight Shooter

Mr C J Habib · Dw 10 · 60.0kg

+4.80

20/1

MR 61 → 54

Moodies Well Line

Mr J Gates (True) · Dw 1 · 60.0kg

+5.10

8/1

MR 49 → 42

August Red

Mr G Wright · Dw 3 · 60.0kg

+5.70

18/10 Fav

MR 72 → 60

B Y

Go Daddy

Mr A Arries (True) · Dw 7 · 60.0kg

+6.10

66/1

MR 41 → 55

B Y

Jumping Castle

Mr J W Jacobs (True) · Dw 11 · 56.0kg

+9.30

66/1

MR 50 → 44

B TT Y

Maxima

Mr D Dillon · Dw 5 · 60.0kg

+11.40

55/1

MR 51 → 48

TT Y

Uptown Funk

Mr B Jacobson · Dw 4 · 60.0kg

+15.30

55/1

MR 45 → 40

Montgomery

Mr G Pieterse (True) · Dw 2 · 56.0kg

+16.60

25/1

MR 60 → 50

Power To Command

Mr S Randolph · Dw 4 · 60.0kg

—

5/1

MR — → 62

MONTGOMERY, AUGUST RED, MAXIMA and ROYAL PURSUIT were slow into stride, respectively. At the 350m, AUGUST RED was momentarily inconvenienced when awkwardly placed on the inside of GO DADDY, which rolled in. Thereafter, approaching the 200m, AUGUST RED was carried out by GO DADDY, which was bumped out by ROYAL PURSUIT, which hung out, shifted out sharply, and proved difficult to assist. STRAIGHT SHOOTER was hanging in, in the concluding stages. At the 1300m, JUMPING CASTLE was carried out by UPTOWN FUNK which failed to negotiate the turn. In view of the performance of AUGUST RED the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine. Trainer G B Puller was requested to report back on the condition of this gelding on return to stables. ROYAL PURSUIT was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. MOODIES WELL did not race with its tongue tied down. UPTOWN FUNK raced fitted with cheek-pieces. AUGUST RED - nothing obvious detected. Scratched: POWER TO COMMAND - examined at the start. Not striding out right hind and was withdrawn.