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Sign off on the Treaty Of Paris

The Mercury

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August 08, 2025

Hollywoodbets Scottsville now on Sunday

- ANDREW HARRISON

THE meeting scheduled for Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Monday has been brought forward to this Sunday as a result of the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth meeting originally scheduled for Sunday being moved to Wednesday as a result of inclement weather.

Hollywoodbets Scottsville now host a nine-race card where punters may have to wait until the last race to cash in on what looks to be the best bet on the card.

Mike Miller's gelding Treaty Of Paris makes his seasonal debut in a Class 4 Handicap but looks destine for a lot better. He contested feature races last season and although not in the money he was never far back finishing four lengths back to the smart filly Elegantrix in the Gr3 Godolphin Barb and same distance back to Malmesbury Missile in the gr3 Gatecrasher Stakes.

He meets a field of well exposed older horses and it will be something of a surprise if he cannot put them to bed.

Danger, if there is one, could be Elizabedi Gold who has had one run back from the Cape and was probably in need of the outing his first back since December last year. Kwagga Blitz is down from the Highveld and is one of only two Clinton Binda runners on the day. He was runner-up over course and distance last time out and can feature again.

In the card opener, Wengesai Masawi had his first runner as a trainer when Mfethu finished runner-up when favourite behind the promising Mike and Mathew de Kock-trained Exocet. The colt has shown up well on both starts and can get Masawi off the mark in style. Holy Star has gone close over course and distance before and has placed in all four starts. He rates a big threat.

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