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Monday 2 November 2020

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Thursday 5 November Mr 88 Handicap

Off time: 15:39 | Winning time: -

(11)

Holy Man²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Lyle Hewitson| T: D Gray St John| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 12 runs this year. 7/2, won 10-runner handicap at Turffontein (6f, good) 23 days ago by 2½ lengths from Silver Master. Can make presence felt.

Form: 821361-

(8)

Spanish Boy¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Strydom| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 47/20, creditable second of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 311332-

(12)

Written In Stone⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Brett Webber| CD

14/1

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (53/20) at Turffontein (6f, good) 51 days ago by 2½ lengths from Putins Promise. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 522131-

(7)

Tai Gold⁶⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: M Yeni| T: Corne Spies

33/1

100/1, 8¼ lengths twelfth of 13 to Erik The Red in Gr 2 at Greyville (6f, good) 65 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 664190-

(14)

Enrique²³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Jeffery Syster⁽⁶⁾| T: Candice Dawson

33/1

Tenth of 13 in handicap (10/1) at this course (9.9f, good). Off 7 months. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 45/7170-

(2)

Silver Master^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: C Maujean| T: Barend Daniel Botes| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Good third of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good, 11/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 580323-

(4)

Al Qaqaa⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Callan Murray| T: M F De Kock| BF

9/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Turffontein in August. 18/10, sixth of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 58 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 316-

(10)

Blow Me Down^b⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Calvin Habib| T: Clinton Binda| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 7/1, 13¾ lengths eleventh of 12 to Whorly Whorly in handicap at this C&D (good) 77 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 727130-

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 30p in the pound

Non-Runners

(16)

Whorly Whorly⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: Clinton Binda J: Calvin Habib

(15)

Aristachus⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: Coenie De Beer J: Diego De Gouveia

(1)

Namaqualand²⁹⁶

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: Sean Tarry J: Luke Ferraris

(5)

Talktothestars⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 9

T: Coenie De Beer J: Brian Nyawo

(3)

Money Fighter⁸¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis J: Craig Zackey

(9)

Putins Promise¹⁶

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: D Gray St John J: S Khumalo

(13)

Samurai Jack¹⁰⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: Alec Laird J: Kabelo Matsunyane

(6)

Grindelwald⁵¹

Weight: 8-4| Age: 5

T: D Gray St John J: Marco V'Rensburg

(17)

Gang Leader³⁹

Weight: 8-3| Age: 3

T: Paul Peter J: Warren Kennedy

Forecasts

Spanish Boy (11/4), Holy Man (7/2), Money Fighter (5/1), Blow Me Down (11/2), Putins Promise (7/1), Silver Master (8/1), Al Qaqaa (9/1), Whorly Whorly (10/1), Written In Stone (14/1), Grindelwald (14/1), Namaqualand (14/1), Gang Leader (14/1), Samurai Jack (20/1), Talktothestars (20/1), Tai Gold (33/1), Enrique (33/1), Aristachus (33/1)

HOLY MAN could be the way to go after his recent success over Silver Master, who also demands respect again. Money Fighter should also be there.