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Thursday 21 April 2022

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 26 April Fm 77 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: -

(14)

Greek Miss⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Paul Peter| BF

4/1

Winner at Turffontein in January. 25/7, seventh of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good to soft) 49 days ago.

Form: 17

(12)

Elusive Woman⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ryan Munger| T: Ashley Fortune| C

22/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 50/1, respectable fifth of 10 in minor event at Turffontein (7.2f, good to soft) 61 days ago.

Form: 164-905

(6)

Wokonda²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R Fourie| T: Sean Tarry| D

10/3

Winner at Turffontein in October. 10/1, good neck second of 14 to Theroseofbecharre in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 28 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 513-542

(11)

Damova⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Julius Mariba| T: Joey Soma

33/1

One win from 3 runs last year. Well-beaten eleventh of 15 to Light of The Moon in listed race (33/1) at Turffontein (9.9f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Back down in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 618-60

(10)

Mamaquera²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lerena| T: Erico Verdonese| C| D

5/1

Course winner. 25/1, respectable 2½ lengths fifth of 14 to Theroseofbecharre in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 28 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 46-7305

(1)

Devilish Dancer¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: S Khumalo| T: D Gray St John| CD

5/1

Course winner. Latest win here in February. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap (14/1) at this course (7f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 7-17905

(3)

English Primrose²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

20/1

Course winner. 25/1, creditable seventh of 14 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 1790-7

(7)

Theroseofbecharre^b²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Kaidan Brewer⁽³⁾| T: Fabian Habib| CD

7/2

Course winner. Won 14-runner handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good, 8/1) 28 days ago by neck from Wokonda. Enters calculations.

Form: 20-5041

(4)

Bella Rosa¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Philasande Mxoli⁽³⁾| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

6/1

Course winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, soft) 16 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 596-744

(2)

Petunia²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Chris Jonker| CD

22/1

Course winner. Winner here in January. Ninth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 25/1) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 42-2149

(8)

Zulu War Cry^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

50/1

One win from 30 Flat runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Eleventh of 13 in handicap (80/1) at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 78-9470

Non-Runners

(13)

You Deserve It¹⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: Clinton Binda J: Calvin Habib

(5)

Saint Anastasia²⁸

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: Alec Laird J: J V'd Merwe

(9)

Ms Flower Power¹⁶

Weight: 8-5| Age: 5

T: Dianne Stenger J: Siyanda Sosibo

Forecasts

Wokonda (10/3), Theroseofbecharre (7/2), Greek Miss (4/1), Mamaquera (5/1), Devilish Dancer (5/1), Bella Rosa (6/1), Ms Flower Power (14/1), Saint Anastasia (14/1), English Primrose (20/1), You Deserve It (20/1), Elusive Woman (22/1), Petunia (22/1), Damova (33/1), Zulu War Cry (50/1)

WOKONDA could prove hard to catch. Mamaquera is second option, while Theroseofbecharre has a place chance as well.