Flamboyant Stakes to sort the hotties from the notties

Flamboyant Stakes to sort the hotties from the notties

by Leon Setaro


Everybody loves a hottie!


The first KZN race meeting of 2010 takes place tonight at Greyville and we get a graded feature to kick start the decade in these parts. The Flamboyant Stakes for fillies and mares carries grade3 status and promises to split the hotties from the notties in a strong lineup of KZN upstarts.

The betting will have us believe that the only visitor in the race, No.1 Captain’s Gal has this field at her mercy. She opened at 15/10 and has since shortened into 12/10. Granted she does bring strong and consistent feature race form into the contest but it will be no walkover for her and the price represents poor value at best.
No.2 Clarkie’s Promise (5/1) has won her last 3 in eye catching fashion and she appears to have the talent required to win a race of this nature. Should contest the finish.
No.3 Spanish Wisdom (14/1) is ultra consistent but may find this field beyond her capabilities.
No.4 Lizzy’s Heritage (14/1) has a hat trick of wins to her credit and promised much early last year before losing momentum. Her last run was decent and she is in with a place chance if improving further.
No.5 Maritime Mist (20/1) is a very decent filly but needs further to show her best.
No.6 Nordic Moon (20/1) needs to find improvement to have any sort of chance in this field.
No. 8 Silvery Cove (33/1) Nothing to recommend
No.9 Tea Break (25/1) Very disappointing last effort but comes in with a chance on previous two easy wins. Well priced don’t ignore.
No.10 Smangaliso (33/1) has failed to reproduce early promise.
No.11 Frozen Delicious (33/1) Appears outclassed here.
No.12 Eternal Flame (25/1) Tough task at this level.
No.13 In the Mist (8/1) is on the improve and could sneak a place.
No.14 Case Stated (5/1) Unbeaten in 3 starts and could be anything. Has a horrendous draw to overcome and will have to be something special to win from there.


16/1 tata 'ma chance Touch the Moon (pictured) all set to reach for 'hottie Hilton' heights tonight at Greyville

No.15 Touch the Moon (14/1) is the joker of the pack and must have a big chance of contesting the finish. She’s won her last two in fine style and was notably ‘fat’ for both. Should strip much fitter tonight and represents excellent value at 16/1
No.16 Il Tanga (25/1) Impressive maiden winner but well held on form by Tea Break and the unfancied Eternal Flame in this race.
No.17 Baranova (14/1) needs to show more before being considered at this level.
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Best bet of the night looks to be No.4 Alif in the 2nd race. He meets little worth mentioning and should finally crack his maiden at the excellent price of 18/10.

Txs again Leon, all the best, have already stated my case

Well done to Captains Gal, destroyed the opposition.

I wont write off Case Stated, but maybe the bank manager would disagree

Case Stated had it all to do. We still don't really know how good she is but likely to be better than that. Very good run from the 2nd horse, who probably wants further and who is still four months shy of her real 4th birthday.

Winner is a Champ

hibernia Wrote:

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> Winner is a Champ

Winner a couple of lengths off the best, which was more than enough for an off season Gr 3, but a champ? Steady on, old chap!

The girl became a Lady..

...she was running against the kindergarten.Hardly a vintage field,and had the run of the race.

She was tailor made for that race, with a great draw as a bonus. Still, she still had to go out and do the job, which she did in style.

correct.