In The Box Seat Podcast Middle Stakes (F & M)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
11th	1	1	Khethiwe's Destiny (F) C&D winner. Last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (5.5f, soft) 28 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.	844508-	S Veale Mike/mathe Kock	4	59.9kg	26 25/1
6th	2	2	Light Of Gabriel (F) FAV C&D winner. Three wins from 9 runs last year. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago by head from Fascination.	231321-	Craig Zackey Dean Kannemeyer	3	55.3kg	3.75 11/4
—	3	3	Versace Onthetrack (F) B Two wins from 5 runs last year. Blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving F. P. Habib when last of 6 in handicap (5/1) at Greyville (6f, AW) 11 days ago.	0-65416	Cole Dicken Kumaran Naidoo	3	55.3kg	26 25/1
—	4	4	Berrington Blew (F) B Blinkered for 1st time, last of 9 in maiden at Greyville (5f, AW, 10/1) 47 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M. J. Odendaal.	42949-4	Girish Samo-burthia Nathan Kotzen	3	50.8kg	34 33/1
4th	5	5	Winter Rainfall (M) B Twenty one runs since last win in 2023. Creditable 2¾ lengths third of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago. Enters calculations.	223-423	Andrew Fortune Candice Bass	5	55.3kg	7 6/1
12th	6	6	West Side Story (F) C&D winner. Excellent 2¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap () at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago.	004-085	Mathew Thackeray Duncan Howells	4	52.6kg	29 28/1
9th	7	7	Siesta Sunset (F) Course winner. Latest win at Greyville in September. Seventh of 9 in minor event at Greyville (7f, good, 11/2) 51 days ago.	6137-96	Calvin Habib Michael Miller	3	57.2kg	23 22/1
8th	8	8	Hierkommiebokkie (M) B 25/2, last of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago. Uphill task.	47-8866	K De Melo Dennis Bosch	6	59.9kg	26 25/1
3rd	9	9	Buttercup Baby (F) Four wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win at Greyville in November. 6/1, fifth of 8 in minor event at Greyville (6f, AW) 18 days ago. Booking of Louw a plus. Expected to be bang there.	341390	Dezahn Louw Wendy Whitehead	4	57.2kg	5 4/1
1st	10	10	One Smart Cookie (M) B 3-time C&D winner. Four wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win here in August. 25/1, sixth of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago.	615545	Serino Moodley Marthinus Nicolas Prinsloo	5	58.5kg	23 22/1
2nd	11	11	Tara Star (M) B C&D winner. Five wins from 19 Flat runs. Three wins from 9 runs last year. Creditable second of 8 in minor event at Greyville (5.5f, soft) 28 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.	142-210	Mxolisi Mbuto Darryl Moore	5	58.5kg	8 7/1
10th	12	12	Sovereign Grant (M) B Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2024. 5/1, creditable third of 8 in minor event at Greyville (7f, AW) 11 days ago.	5223-30	Tristan Godden Michael Miller	5	59.9kg	6.50 11/2
7th	13	13	Fascination (F) C&D winner. Winner here in July. Good head second of 9 to Light of Gabriel in handicap at Greyville (6f, soft) 28 days ago. Can make presence felt.	2-70706	Mickaelle Michel Nathan Kotzen	3	52.6kg	9.50 17/2
5th	14	14	Tomyris (M) B Three wins from 11 runs last year. 28/10, respectable 1¼ lengths fourth of 9 to Ladyofdistinction in listed race at Greyville (8f, good) 30 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.	772342	S Khumalo Gareth (jnr)	5	59.9kg	8.50 15/2

Betting forecast: Light Of Gabriel (11/4), Buttercup Baby (4/1), Sovereign Grant (11/2), Winter Rainfall (6/1), Tara Star (7/1), Tomyris (15/2), Fascination (17/2), One Smart Cookie (22/1), Siesta Sunset (22/1), Hierkommiebokkie (25/1), Khethiwe's Destiny (25/1), Versace Onthetrack (25/1), West Side Story (28/1), Berrington Blew (33/1)