15:00 Vaal

Thursday 27 October 2022

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 1 November Fm 76 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:59 | Winning time: 57.70s

(8)

Love Bite^b³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Klink| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

25/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 14 runs this year. Latest win here in June. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 20/1) 35 days ago.

Form: 112765-

(14)

Samoa^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Bridget Stidolph| CD

22/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 14 runs this year. Creditable second of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good, 16/1) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 331082-

(4)

Kwazzi's Lady¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁹⁾| T: Alec Laird| C

16/1

Course winner. Good fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 13/2) 14 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 9637/04-

(16)

A Time To Flower²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford| CD

7/1

2/1, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Will find this tougher.

Form: 224261-

(15)

Insatiable³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: K De Melo| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

14/1

7/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 35 days ago.

Form: 1/15497-

(10)

Mythical Dream³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

5/4

2 wins from 2 runs this year. Won 10-runner handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 7/2) 35 days ago by 1½ lengths from Clean Living. Well treated.

Form: 11-

(12)

Silver Winter^b⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Calvin Habib| T: Stephen Moffatt| D

25/1

63/100 and blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 79 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2231-

(5)

Laetitia's Angel^b³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Munger| T: Ashley Fortune| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 3/1, creditable 2¾ lengths third of 10 to Mythical Dream in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 35 days ago.

Form: 512153-

(3)

Rose For Trippi¹¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S Khumalo| T: Mike/Adam Azzie| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in May. 2 lengths fifth of 10 to Samoa in handicap (4/1) at this C&D (good). Off 112 days. Others have achieved more.

Form: 515-

(13)

Clean Living^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: M Yeni| T: Corne Spies| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 5/1 and blinkered for 1st time, good 1½ lengths second of 10 to Mythical Dream in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 35 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 007562-

(17)

Run For Isla^b²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Candice Dawson

14/1

8/1, very good third of 8 in minor event at this course (6f, good) 23 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 702043-

(6)

Don't Tell Ash^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Ashley Fortune| D

28/1

17/10 and blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 9-runner maiden at Turffontein (5f, good) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 654431-

(7)

Stormy Lass⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Gabriell Pieterse⁽³⁾| T: Roy Magner| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 7/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 7 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 233300-

(1)

Wings Of Nike²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Shaylen Naidoo| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 16/1, last of 6 in minor event at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 090616-

Non-Runners

(9)

Tangerine Pearl⁵³

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: Weiho Marwing J: Reserve 1

(11)

What A Blizzard⁵⁵

Weight: 8-3| Age: 4

T: Jaap Visser J: Reserve 2

(2)

Grecia²¹

Weight: 8-3| Age: 4

T: Brett Webber J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mythical Dream (5/4), Laetitia's Angel (5/1), A Time To Flower (7/1), Rose For Trippi (9/1), Clean Living (14/1), Run For Isla (14/1), Insatiable (14/1), Kwazzi's Lady (16/1), Stormy Lass (18/1), Samoa (22/1), Silver Winter (25/1), Wings Of Nike (25/1), Love Bite (25/1), Don't Tell Ash (28/1)

MYTHICAL DREAM can remain unbeaten with a third win. Run For Isla might be the answer to second spot, ahead of Wings Of Nike.