13:10 Turffontein

Tuesday 10 January 2023

All10:1510:5011:2512:0012:3513:1013:4514:20

Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Pinnacle Stakes

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 1m 1.09s

(5)

Vars Vicky^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Simons| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

11/2

5-time course winner. Seven wins from 22 Flat runs. 6/1, bit below form 3¼ lengths fifth of 9 to Taikonaut in Gr 3 at this course (5f, good) 17 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 419415-

(2)

Eden Roc¹⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Calvin Habib| T: Sean Tarry| OR: 115| C

12/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Good 1¾ lengths fourth of 14 to Val D'orcia in Gr 2 (14/1) at Greyville (6f, good). Off 6 months.

Form: 575504-

(8)

Godswood¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Barend / / Vosloo| CD

20/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in August. 3¾ lengths sixth of 9 to Taikonaut in Gr 3 at this course (5f, good, 33/1) 17 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 115006-

(10)

Big Burn³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁹⁾| T: Sean Tarry| C| D

2/1

5-time course winner. 5/2, won 12-runner minor event at Vaal (5f, soft) 31 days ago by head from Alesian Chief. Can make presence felt.

Form: 437201-

(6)

Vaseem^b¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Brian Nyawo| T: Roy Magner| OR: 111| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Bit below form 1½ lengths third of 9 to Taikonaut in Gr 3 (14/1) at this course (5f, good) 17 days ago.

Form: 424643-

(9)

Constable^b¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-3| J: C Maujean| T: Sean Tarry| D

9/1

Latest win at Vaal in November. 14/1, below form 3 lengths fourth of 9 to Taikonaut in Gr 3 at this course (5f, good) 17 days ago.

Form: 432194-

(4)

Gallic Chief¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Gabriell Pieterse| T: Paul Matchett| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in June. 25/2, 5½ lengths seventh of 9 to Taikonaut in Gr 3 at this course (5f, good) 17 days ago.

Form: 026767-

(7)

Moonshiningthrough⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 7-12| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽⁶⁾| T: Johan J Vuuren| C

7/4

4-time course winner. Two wins from 4 runs last year. Latest win here in November. 9/2, bit below form 3¾ lengths seventh of 12 to Vars Vicky in Gr 3 at this course (5.8f, good) 45 days ago.

Form: 11/6117-

Non-Runners

(3)

Bohica³¹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: Mike/Adam Azzie J: S Khumalo

(11)

Master Archie⁸⁹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: Mike/Adam Azzie J: G Lerena

(1)

Alesian Chief³¹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: Corrie Lensley J: M Yeni

Forecasts

Moonshiningthrough (7/4), Big Burn (2/1), Alesian Chief (5/1), Vars Vicky (11/2), Master Archie (7/1), Constable (9/1), Gallic Chief (10/1), Bohica (10/1), Vaseem (12/1), Eden Roc (12/1), Godswood (20/1)

BIG BURN's recent efforts have been likeable on the whole and he seems the one they have to beat. Bohica could be the toughest opponent, while Alesian Chief could well have a say too.