Mighty Smart has had a rather consistent start to his career thus far, having been knocking on the door for the winners box in his last four starts. He returns to the Hollywoodbets Greyville Turf, for his second outing at this course on Wednesday 23rd October 2019 and once again he will be fighting out the finish. See trainer Paul Laffertys’ comments and the final field here.
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Hollywoodbets Greyville Turf
Race 6 – 15:40
1800m – Durban View Restaurant Maiden Plate
7 – Mighty Smart
Trainer: Paul Lafferty
Jockey: Sean Veale
Wgt: 57.0kg
Draw: 3 (18 Runners)
Predicted Betting: 4/1
He has been thereabouts in all of his starts to date and despite the fact that he has found a few wide draws to overcome, his luck seems to have changed in that department. He stayed on well in his last start, when stepping up to the 1900m on his Hollywoodbets Greyville debut. Moving up at the right time, he hung inwards and a change of bit this time should address that problem. He will also be fitted with the blinkers for the first time and that too will assist with a more determined finish. He is reunited with Sean Veale here and having ridden him twice before, he knows him well.
He renews his rivalry with Joseph Jagger and with the latter drawn a lot wider this time, things look far more favourable for Mighty Smart. The stable are confident of another big run and with him being the type that will get stronger as he matures, his maiden victory is imminent. He deserves another strong each-way chance.
Winning Form Comment: Knocking on the door. Tries the headgear and gets a good barrier position. Can go close.
1800m – 15:40
DURBAN VIEW RESTAURANT MAIDEN PLATE
For all Maidens
1 | 11 | Master George | 60 | 66 | A | D Dillon | Doug Campbell | |
2 | 9 | Royal Pursuit | 60 | 65 | A | T Godden | Lezeanne Forbes | |
3 | 10 | City Deep | 60 | 0 | BA | *C F Dicken -4.0 | Jeff Freedman | |
4 | 1 | Slew City | 60 | 0 | A | S Randolph | Dean Kannemeyer | |
5 | 12 | Joseph Jagger | 57 | 82 | BA | K de Melo | Dean Kannemeyer | |
6 | 5 | Master Vision | 57 | 82 | A | C Zackey | Nathan Kotzen | |
7 | 3 | Mighty Smart | 57 | 80 | BA | S Veale | Paul Lafferty | |
8 | 13 | Declaration Of War | 57 | 76 | BA | S Khumalo | Doug Campbell | |
9 | 14 | Great Guy | 57 | 76 | A | S Moodley | Garth Puller | |
10 | 15 | Pure Quality | 57 | 74 | A | *K Sakayi -1.5 | Nathan Kotzen | |
11 | 16 | Edo Furin | 57 | 0 | A | C Habib | Paul Lafferty | |
12 | 7 | Gibral De Roche (IRE) | 57 | 0 | A | B Jacobson | Gareth van Zyl | |
13 | 18 | Seattle Samba | 57 | 0 | A | J L Samuel | Kumaran Naidoo | |
14 | 2 | Twice Golden | 57 | 0 | A | *L J Ferraris | Garth Puller | |
15 | 4 | Whateverittakes | 57 | 0 | A | S Brown | Gavin van Zyl | |
16 | 17 | Yukta’s Dance | 57 | 0 | A | M Yeni | Gareth van Zyl | |
17 | 8 | Jubilate | 57 | 0 | A | Reserve 1 | Duncan Howells | |
18 | 6 | Kings Counsel | 57 | 73 | A | Reserve 2 | Julie Dittmer | |
Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
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