13:20 Vaal

Thursday 5 January 2023

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Racing240 For Racing. For You Fm 72 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 1m 49.76s

(11)

Let There Be Light^b⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Mathew Thackeray| T: Jaap Visser| C

22/1

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in June. 50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 14 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good to soft) 77 days ago. Back up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 147670-

(8)

Dark Travel²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Brett Webber| C| D

14/1

Course winner. Three wins from 24 runs last year. 8/1, respectable 5¾ lengths fifth of 9 to Stunning Kitten in handicap at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 432595-

(10)

Trump My Queen³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: R Danielson| T: Gavin Van Zyl

7/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 6/1, creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 35 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 432355-

(4)

Burmese Tiara²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: M Yeni| T: Barend / / Vosloo

4/1

4/1, third of 5 in minor event at this course (8f, soft) 26 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 440533-

(7)

Summerland²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Corne Spies| C

12/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. Creditable 3¾ lengths second of 9 to Stunning Kitten in handicap at this C&D (good, 16/1) 28 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Must improve.

Form: 126762-

(3)

Stunning Kitten²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: R Simons| T: Paul Matchett| CD

4/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (7/2) at this C&D (good) 28 days ago by 3¾ lengths from Summerland. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 236531-

(5)

Ideal Future²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: C Maujean| T: Luchelle Kruger| C

16/1

Course winner. Winner here in October. Tenth of 12 in minor event (16/1) at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Shortlist material.

Form: 238610-

(1)

Coffeeberry²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Gabriell Pieterse| T: Paul Matchett| C

20/1

Course winner. Winner here in November. 7¼ lengths seventh of 9 to Stunning Kitten in handicap at this C&D (good, 10/1) 28 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 835717-

(9)

Lidl Miss Sunshine²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Ryan Munger| T: Heather Adamson

9/2

Latest win at Turffontein in November. 17/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 496123-

(6)

Super Secret²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁹⁾| T: Fabian Habib| C

18/1

Course winner. 25/2, respectable 5¾ lengths fifth of 9 to Stunning Kitten in handicap at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 068505-

(2)

Timeforthat²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Luchelle Kruger| C

5/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. Second of 5 in minor event at this course (8f, soft, 8/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 078332-

Non-Runners

(12)

Arden Park⁶⁵

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: Candice Dawson J: K De Melo

Forecasts

Trump My Queen (7/2), Burmese Tiara (4/1), Stunning Kitten (4/1), Lidl Miss Sunshine (9/2), Timeforthat (5/1), Summerland (12/1), Dark Travel (14/1), Ideal Future (16/1), Super Secret (18/1), Coffeeberry (20/1), Let There Be Light (22/1), Arden Park (25/1)

TRUMP MY QUEEN is in a good vein of form and can go well. Ideal Future makes most appeal of the others, while Lidl Miss Sunshine also seems unlikely to be far away.