14:45 Vaal

Thursday 9 March 2023

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Thursday 23 March Fm 66 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:44 | Winning time: 56.07s

(7)

Clean Living^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Corne Spies| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap (20/1) at Turffontein (5f, good) 7 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Difficult ask.

Form: 62780-9

(3)

Mia Regina⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Tony Peter| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Winner here in November. Tenth of 11 in handicap (50/1) at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 75 days ago. First run for yard after leaving B. Crawford. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 44180-

(6)

Camerata^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Siphesihle Hlengwa⁽⁶⁾| T: Ashley Fortune| D

11/2

9/2, didn't need to be at best when winning 10-runner maiden at Turffontein (5f, good) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 265-241

(12)

Love Bite^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

5/1

3-time C&D winner. Three wins from 19 runs last year. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 33/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 15 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 528-656

(2)

Rock On Captain^b²²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁶⁾| T: Shaylen Naidoo| D

10/1

Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Greyville (6f, AW, 5/1). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving V. H. Marshall.

Form: 105935-

(10)

Primula¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Cole Dicken| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

20/1

33/1, last of 8 in minor event at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 15 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 867-608

(13)

Mercer Girl^b¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Klink| T: Bridget Stidolph| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Twenty three runs since last win in 2021. Third of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 10/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 7670-43

(1)

Rio's Kiss^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Gabriell Pieterse| T: Grant Maroun| D

9/2

33/1, fifth of 16 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 70-0095

(8)

Conker The World^b¹⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: Yuzae Ramzan| T: Roy Magner| D

5/1

33/10, fifth of 13 in minor event at Fairview (6f, good). Off 153 days. First run for yard after leaving J. H. Strydom.

Form: 495325-

(4)

Grecia¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Malesela Katjedi⁽³⁾| T: Brett Webber| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 100/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 14 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 800-679

Non-Runners

(14)

Above The World⁵⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Corne Spies J: Kaidan Brewer

(11)

In The Ether⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Grant Maroun J: Philasande Mxoli

(5)

Beaded Gown¹⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: M F De Kock J: Kyle Strydom

(9)

Time Is Ticking¹⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: Weiho Marwing J: Kobeli Lihaba

Forecasts

Beaded Gown (1/1), Mercer Girl (4/1), Rio's Kiss (9/2), Mia Regina (5/1), Conker The World (5/1), Love Bite (5/1), Camerata (11/2), In The Ether (7/1), Rock On Captain (10/1), Clean Living (14/1), Grecia (16/1), Primula (20/1), Time Is Ticking (20/1), Above The World (20/1)

MERCER GIRL is hard to ignore, though this is an open race. Rock On Captain could also figure, along with Camerata.