13:00 Turffontein

Sunday 2 July 2023

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Tab Telebet 0861 000 822 Classified Stakes

Off time: 13:01 | Winning time: 1m 7.5s

(8)

Silent War^b³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren

2/1

25/2, below form seventh of 13 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good) 38 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 0884-27

(3)

Dancing Dora¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R Danielson| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

11/2

Course winner. 25/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good) 10 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 772496

(7)

Inventrix²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Calvin Habib| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

15/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner at Greyville in May. Good second of 8 in handicap (15/2) at Greyville (6f, AW) 20 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 240-812

(9)

Simply Magic⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Brett Crawford| CD

7/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. 5/2, didn't need to improve to win 8-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 45 days ago.

Form: 352-281

(6)

Tiz Magic^b⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Sean Tarry| CD

5/1

C&D winner. 9/2, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 45 days ago.

Form: 838036

(4)

Gimme Royalty^v⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Shaylen Naidoo| C

25/1

C&D winner. One win from 30 Flat runs. Winner here in January. 40/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, soft) 54 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 96-1889

(1)

Della's Sword¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 7-13| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Brett Crawford

8/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap (10/1) at Vaal (8f, good) 10 days ago. Back down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0604-69

(2)

Rockingthetimeaway²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 7-13| J: Nathan Klink| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

9/1

C&D winner. One win from 26 Flat runs. Winner here in March. Third of 10 in handicap at Greyville (7f, AW, 25/2) 20 days ago.

Form: 175803

Non-Runners

(5)

Civil Princess⁴⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: Johan J Vuuren J: G Lerena

Forecasts

Silent War (2/1), Civil Princess (5/2), Simply Magic (7/2), Tiz Magic (5/1), Dancing Dora (11/2), Inventrix (15/2), Della's Sword (8/1), Rockingthetimeaway (9/1), Gimme Royalty (25/1)

ROCKINGTHETIMEAWAY just about gets the nod in this field. Civil Princess is a leading challenger, while Simply Magic is another with a place chance too.