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Thursday 28 October 2021

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 2 November Fm 80 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: -

(12)

Lee Express¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Fabian Habib| C

14/1

Course winner. Latest win here in June. Eighth of 10 in minor event at Turffontein (7.2f, good to soft, 100/3) 19 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 512508-

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(10)

Rock You^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

7/1

Won 9-runner handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 20/3) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 358251-

(6)

Hotchiwitchi⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Calvin Habib| T: Sean Tarry| BF| C| D

12/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Turffontein in April. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good, 100/33) 47 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 3/1174-

(1)

Belle Of Belize⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Paul Peter| C

4/1

Course winner. Latest win here in July. 91/20, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 63 days ago.

Form: 205134-

(2)

Dancing Arabian³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: M Yeni| T: Roy Magner| CD

28/1

25/2, won 11-runner minor event at this C&D (good) 37 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 693141-

(9)

Lady Calavera²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Phillip Labuschagne| BF| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 5½ lengths sixth of 9 to Rock You in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 4/1) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 761326-

(4)

Rosaprima²⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rachel Venniker⁽⁹⁾| T: Dianne Stenger

20/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Didn't need to improve to win 10-runner maiden at this course (7.2f, good). Off 8 months. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 52/421-

(15)

Ancestral Prayer¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| C

13/2

Course winner. Winner here in May. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good to soft, 25/4) 19 days ago. Can make presence strongly felt.

Form: 021257-

(7)

Nabeela^b¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: D Gray St John| C

100/1

Course winner. Last of 10 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good, 40/1). Off 163 days. Down in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 68/3380-

(11)

Just Fabulous¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: S Khumalo| T: Alec Laird| BF

5/4

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Turffontein in August. 5/2, second of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 12 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 12-

(3)

Anatura^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: C Maujean| T: D Gray St John| C| D

50/1

Course winner. 100/3, respectable eighth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 670578-

(8)

Linganomore²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Ryan Munger| T: Corne Spies| C

16/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Third of 11 in minor event at this course (7.2f, good, 25/2) 28 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 513-

(14)

Ontheverge^b³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli⁽⁶⁾| T: Candice Dawson| CD

25/1

13/15 and blinkered for 1st time, didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 30 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 43231-

(13)

Gilda Gray¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Nathan Klink| T: D Gray St John| C

33/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this course (7.4f, good, 25/11) 14 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 332531-

(16)

Queen Bomi¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Joshwin Solomons⁽³⁾| T: Paul Matchett| C

33/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. 100/3, sixth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 205956-

Non-Runners

(5)

Ideal Angel⁷⁰

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Erico Verdonese J: R Danielson

Forecasts

Just Fabulous (5/4), Belle Of Belize (4/1), Ancestral Prayer (13/2), Rock You (7/1), Hotchiwitchi (12/1), Lee Express (14/1), Linganomore (16/1), Rosaprima (20/1), Ontheverge (25/1), Lady Calavera (25/1), Dancing Arabian (28/1), Gilda Gray (33/1), Queen Bomi (33/1), Ideal Angel (33/1), Anatura (50/1), Nabeela (100/1)

ANCESTRAL PRAYER has put together a solid series of recent efforts and is just about the pick in this field. Just Fabulous looks the likeliest to chase the selection home, while Gilda Gray can't be ruled out.