15:15 Vaal

Thursday 4 February 2021

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 9 February Fm 80 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: -

(8)

Machali¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Candice Dawson| C

8/1

Course winner. 22/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 58070-5

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(11)

Bella Rosa¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: R Simons| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

9/2

Course winner. 10/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 71533-2

(2)

Decadent Lady⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Deon Sampson| T: Corne Spies| CD

20/1

Course winner. Latest win here in November. 25/1, last of 11 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 9 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving C.Spies.

Form: 01030-0

(12)

Rock You^b1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

7/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable fourth of 9 in handicap (17/2) at Turffontein (8f, good) 19 days ago. Highly respected.

Form: 02565-4

(6)

Keepingthepeace²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Callan Murray| T: M F De Kock| C

3/1

26/10, didn't need to improve to win 10-runner maiden at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 56922-1

(9)

League Of Her Own^b²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: P Strydom| T: Stephanus Botha| C

10/1

Course winner. Twenty one runs since last win in 2019. 12/1, fourth of 5 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 56607-4

(13)

Paschals Samore³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Cole Dicken⁽³⁾| T: Chris Jonker| D

33/1

Latest win at Turffontein in October. Last of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft, 50/1) 30 days ago.

Form: 01106-0

(5)

Kapama⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Brett Webber| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Three wins from 14 runs last year. 28/1, creditable fifth of 14 in minor event at this course (7.2f, good) 9 days ago. Now below last winning mark.

Form: 570-055

(14)

Royal Lily¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: C Maujean| T: Dorrie Sham| C

10/1

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Ninth of 14 in handicap (7/1) at this course (6f, good) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 60790-9

(10)

Fantasy Flower³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Ryan Munger| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| C

15/2

Course winner. 30/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, good fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 50088-5

(7)

Countess Trenton¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Heather Adamson

33/1

One win from 29 Flat runs. Twenty five runs since last win in 2018. 50/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 7503-00

(4)

Seneca Falls^b¹⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Heather Adamson

40/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Seventh of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good, 14/1). Off 142 days. Back up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 74/0077-

Non-Runners

(1)

Bitter Wind²¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: D Gray St John J: Lyle Hewitson

(3)

Tulip Way³⁰

Weight: 8-8| Age: 5

T: Robbie Sage J: M Yeni

Forecasts

Keepingthepeace (3/1), Rock You (7/2), Bella Rosa (9/2), Bitter Wind (9/2), Fantasy Flower (15/2), Kapama (15/2), Machali (8/1), Royal Lily (10/1), League Of Her Own (10/1), Tulip Way (14/1), Decadent Lady (20/1), Countess Trenton (33/1), Paschals Samore (33/1), Seneca Falls (40/1)

ROCK YOU has been hard to fault in recent starts and has fair claims. Tulip Way is likely to be waiting in the wings if the selection fails to deliver, while Royal Lily can win the battle for minor honours.