14:45 Turffontein

Thursday 15 June 2023

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4Racing Thanks & Appreciates Bronkhorst Racing FM 90 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:48 | Winning time: 1m 27.87s

(4)

Wokonda⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lerena| T: Roy Magner| CD

2/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in January. Good 1¾ lengths fourth of 11 to Simple Simple in handicap at this course (7.2f, good, 5/1) 49 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 613324

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(3)

Queen Of Smoke^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Stuart Pettigrew

10/1

16/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 22-5730

(8)

Ululate^b¹⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: S Khumalo| T: D Gray St John| CD

18/1

7-time course winner. 14 lengths last of 13 to Clafoutis in Gr 3 (75/1) at this course (8f, good). Off 109 days. Now below last winning mark.

Form: 7400-60

(6)

United Council¹³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: M Yeni| T: Robbie Sage| C

11/1

Course winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win here in January. 33/1, 21½ lengths last of 15 to Lady of Power in Gr 2 at this course (8f, good to soft). Off 131 days. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 71-10

(10)

Kayla's Champ³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

12/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable eighth of 13 in minor event (14/1) at this C&D (soft) 30 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 078778

(14)

Lady Regent¹³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Calvin Habib| T: Candice Dawson

22/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Vaal in January. 7/2, bit below form third of 6 in handicap at this course (9f, good). Off 137 days. Back down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6318-13

(9)

Lee Express³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Fabian Habib| D

50/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, soft, 66/1) 37 days ago.

Form: 1885-90

(11)

National Star²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽⁶⁾| T: Sean Tarry| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win here in February. Fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 6/1) 23 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 2-11735

(5)

Elembee⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: K De Melo| T: Sean Tarry| BF

13/8

Winner at Vaal in December. Good second of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 2/1) 61 days ago. Back down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 21-382

(1)

I Am Regal⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| D

10/1

33/1, first run since leaving K. Naidoo when eighth of 12 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good) 7 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 398-008

(2)

Beguiling²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Phillip Labuschagne

18/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Vaal in March. Fifth of 12 in handicap at Vaal (7.4f, good, 16/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 0-15

Non-Runners

(7)

Crimson Princess³²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: Ashley Fortune J: R Danielson

(12)

Admire Me¹³⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: Candice Dawson J: J V'd Merwe

(13)

Simple Simple²³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: M F De Kock J: Kabelo Matsunyane

Forecasts

Elembee (13/8), Wokonda (2/1), Simple Simple (7/1), Crimson Princess (7/1), National Star (10/1), Queen Of Smoke (10/1), I Am Regal (10/1), United Council (11/1), Kayla's Champ (12/1), Admire Me (14/1), Ululate (18/1), Beguiling (18/1), Lady Regent (22/1), Lee Express (50/1)

WOKONDA is in good heart right now and looks the one they all have to beat. Simple Simple is most likely the sternest opposition, while National Star also commands a second look.