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Greyville Horse Racing Tips - Get all the racing tips for 8 April 2026

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 07 Apr 2026

Simon Lewis 07 Apr 2026

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Quest of Valor is the overwhelming favourite to take the Maiden Plate.
Touched By Angels to pip the favourites in Race 5.
Circumbendibus to capitalise from two withdrawals to clinch Race 7.
Red Cardinal is well-rested and ready to race in the day's final race.

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Race 3 – Quest of Valor (2)

Jockey: Callan Murray

Trainer: Doug Campbell

The Maiden Plate at 1:15pm has had 4 runners pulled from the original field of 12. Quest of Valor looks primed to run away with this one, possibly by a handful of lengths.

The bookmakers have the 3-yr-old bay gelding as the firm favourite to take the tape in this novice field with only 2 other 2nd-place finishers in the field. Quest placed 3rd in his debut race, claiming a 2nd place finish in only his second race just 27 days ago.

Race 5 – Touched By Angels (6)

Jockey: Craig Zackey

Trainer: Peter Muscutt

We’re in for an epic battle between Touched By Angels and Rollo The Viking. Rollo won back-to-back races before slipping to a 3rd and 6th place finish in his last 2 outings.

Touched has run 3-1-2-1-3-7-2 since October, and aside from that 2nd-last spot at the end of January he has proven himself a reliable runner.

Not to be ignored are Forward Motion and Golden Rule, who are also strong finishers, both with back-to-back wins in their last 4 runs.

Race 7 – Circumbendibus (5)

Jockey: Sifisokuhle Bungane

Trainer: Glen Kotzen

It’s "lucky number 7" runners in the third last race of the day, with Circumbendibus the strong fave. Position of Power (2-1-7-3-1) has been pulled from the race, leaving Circumbendibus the hot ticket to take the tape.

Donquerari is a strong competitor with a streak of 2-2-3 placings in his last 5 runs, but those finishes came either side of two 8th placings, so his legs lack consistency.

Circumbendibus is a 5-yr-old bay gelding who last ran 23 days ago and has 5 wins, 5 second-placings and 3 thirds under his saddle. He’s also been on something of a heater, finishing 1-3-5-1-1 before a change of ownership brought him finishes of 2-5-4-1. Hot to trot!

Race 9 – Red Cardinal (8)

Jockey: Rachel Venniker

Trainer: Wendy Whitehead

The race day ends with a reduced field of 8 runners that’s offering up the potential for a tasty three-way finish. Hard to choose.

Gallic Victor is the overwhelming favourite at odds of 1.80 (last 5 runs 1-2-5-5-3) with Next of Kin also ranked high at 5.50 (1-8-5-4-3). I’m backing a heavy payout with Red Cardinal pegged at 13.00, largely as the 4-yr-old bay gelding has been off the course for 48 days.

Red Cardinal has had a superb 9 months at the track, following up 2 seventh-place finishes with a 54-day break which brought a better streak of 3-5-3 finishes. A further 54-day break brought a 2nd place finish followed by a win, so with 48 days with his hooves up I’m backing this lad to take the tape.

Verdict

Greyville Racecourse, Durban

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