12:45 Turffontein

Saturday 3 December 2022

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Racehorse Owners Association Mr 80 Handicap

Off time: 12:44 | Winning time: 57.03s

(6)

Frontline Fighter^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: P Strydom| T: Fabian Habib| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 33/1, first run since leaving P. A. Peter when tenth of 14 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 714140-

(2)

Herecomestherain¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Gabriell Pieterse⁽³⁾| T: Corrie Lensley| D

7/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, good second of 14 in handicap (40/1) at this course (5.5f, good) 15 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 716792-

(9)

Bronco Blitz^b³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: R Simons| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

4/1

25/1, won 11-runner handicap at Vaal (5f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 947961-

(12)

Double Magic¹⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Corrie Lensley| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in May. Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 4/1). Off 163 days. First run for yard after leaving P. A. Peter. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 312154-

(13)

Burning Wings^b1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Brian Nyawo| T: Roy Magner

14/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 40/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 15 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 872689-

(8)

Spielberg³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: C Maujean| T: Robyn Klaasen| D

9/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in August. 17/2, bit below form 4½ lengths fifth of 11 to Bronco Blitz in handicap at Vaal (5f, good to soft) 30 days ago.

Form: 31145-

(11)

Cool Winter¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽⁶⁾| T: M F De Kock

8/1

14/1, last of 6 in minor event at this course (8f, good) 11 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Leniently treated on pick of form.

Form: 653366-

(5)

Stormy Seas²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Roy Magner| D

10/3

Latest win at Vaal in August. Creditable second of 9 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 10/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 215372-

(7)

Smith And Wesson¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Paul Matchett| D

16/1

Winner at Greyville in September. 14/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at this course (5.8f, good) 15 days ago. Given a chance by the assessor.

Form: 732140-

(10)

Pendragon^b⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Winner here in September. 20/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 642160-

(4)

Umthombo Wolwazi⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Clinton Binda

12/1

Winner at Greyville in September. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 50/1) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 021794-

Non-Runners

(3)

Captain Dizzy²⁰⁶

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Barend / / Vosloo J: R Simons

(1)

Arbitrator⁵¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: Paul Matchett J: Francois Herholdt

Forecasts

Stormy Seas (10/3), Bronco Blitz (4/1), Spielberg (9/2), Herecomestherain (7/1), Frontline Fighter (7/1), Cool Winter (8/1), Double Magic (9/1), Arbitrator (10/1), Umthombo Wolwazi (12/1), Burning Wings (14/1), Smith And Wesson (16/1), Captain Dizzy (20/1), Pendragon (28/1)

STORMY SEAS has been hard to fault in recent runs and sets the bar.. Arbitrator appeals most of the remainder, while Smith And Wesson can't be ruled out.