12:05 Turffontein

Thursday 16 March 2023

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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Classified Stakes

Off time: 12:05 | Winning time: -

(10)

Vesuvio⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Gabriell Pieterse| T: Tyrone Zackey| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in November. 10/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 82 days ago.

Form: 161086-

(7)

Ballon D'or^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: C Maujean| T: Barend / / Vosloo| OR: 78| C

18/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 33/1, last of 8 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 14 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 38585-8

(12)

Bloomington⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S Khumalo| T: Fabian Habib| C

7/2

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 33/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 50166-8

(4)

Forward Spell¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Gareth (jnr)| D

25/1

First run since leaving G. H. Van Zyl when last of 14 in minor event at this course (9f, good, 16/1) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 15477-0

(5)

Napoleon¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Tony Peter

4/1

First run since leaving J. S. Snaith when eleventh of 14 in minor event (17/2) at this course (9f, good) 14 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 37767-0

(3)

Welcome Breeze⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

7/1

One win from 3 runs last year. Winner at Vaal in December. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 641-8

(2)

Burmese Tiara⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Barend / / Vosloo| C

5/2

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 5/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good) 7 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 33-2374

(9)

Romeo's Magic^b³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lerena| T: Brett Warren| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 33/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Vaal (9.9f, good) 35 days ago. Back down in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 6486-48

(1)

Call Me The Breeze⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Alec Laird

16/1

40/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (9.9f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Back down in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 56089-9

(8)

Batik²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Brett Webber| C

18/1

Career best when winning 7-runner maiden at this course (7f, good, 15/2) 22 days ago.

Form: 5896-31

(6)

Timeforthat⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Luchelle Kruger| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Vaal in January. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (15/2) at Vaal (8f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 332-516

Non-Runners

(11)

Bright Blue Sky⁸⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Mike/Adam Azzie J: Diego De Gouveia

Forecasts

Burmese Tiara (5/2), Bloomington (7/2), Napoleon (4/1), Vesuvio (5/1), Welcome Breeze (7/1), Romeo's Magic (16/1), Call Me The Breeze (16/1), Batik (18/1), Timeforthat (18/1), Ballon D'or (18/1), Bright Blue Sky (20/1), Forward Spell (25/1)

BURMESE TIARA can come out on top. Welcome Breeze is fancied to follow the selection home, while Batik is perhaps the most interesting of the others.