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Thursday 6 October 2022

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Racehorse Owners Association Mr 80 Handicap

3YO plus | 4f 214y | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 57.53s

(1)

Samuel Salt^b³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Calvin Habib| T: Clinton Binda| C| D

7/2

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in June. 6/1, good second of 9 in handicap at Greyville (6f, AW) 36 days ago.

Form: 506142-

(9)

Twice As Splendid³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Grant Maroun| BF| D

9/2

15/10, creditable third of 7 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 37 days ago.

Form: 345423-

(4)

Bronco Blitz³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Strydom| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 15/2, seventh of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good) 30 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 4/68947-

(10)

Epic Dream^b³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Ryan Munger| T: Candice Dawson| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Last of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good, 25/1) 30 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 5/37558-

(8)

Spielberg⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: M Yeni| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

11/4

2 wins from 3 runs this year. 18/10, won 10-runner handicap at this C&D (good) 63 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Stormy Seas. First run for yard after leaving P. A. Peter.

Form: 311-

(3)

Samoa^b⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁹⁾| T: Bridget Stidolph| CD

16/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 13 runs this year. Latest win here in July. Eighth of 9 in handicap (16/1) at Turffontein (6f, good) 42 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 633108-

(6)

Vasilikos⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Paul Matchett| D

12/1

First run since leaving P. F. Matchett when last of 6 in minor event (9/2) at Greyville (5f, AW) 73 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving J.J.VanVuuren. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 4/52166-

(2)

Stormy Seas³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: R Simons| T: Roy Magner| CD

5/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in August. Fifth of 8 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D (good) 30 days ago.

Form: 866215-

(5)

Mescal⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Turffontein in April. 20/1, first run since leaving P. A. Peter when eighth of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good) 9 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 157638-

(7)

Pendragon^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

16/1

Career best when winning 9-runner maiden at Turffontein (5f, good, 5/1) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 736421-

Forecasts

Spielberg (11/4), Samuel Salt (7/2), Twice As Splendid (9/2), Stormy Seas (5/1), Bronco Blitz (8/1), Epic Dream (10/1), Vasilikos (12/1), Mescal (14/1), Samoa (16/1), Pendragon (16/1)

VASILIKOS has a good chance on his handicap debut. Samuel Salt is marginally preferred for second, while Stormy Seas might be hard to keep out of the minor money.

Prize Money

1st: R50,001.002nd: R15,991.003rd: R8,006.004th: R3,992.005th: R2,007.00

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