15:20 Vaal

Thursday 31 August 2023

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Equus Champion Middle Distance Winchester Mansion Fm 71 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 1m 24.24s

(6)

Dancing Arabian⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: R Danielson| T: Roy Magner| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 15/2, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 839206-

(11)

Alabama Anna^b⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap (11/2) at this course (6f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 064968-

(5)

Sparkling Jubilee³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: M F De Kock| C

14/1

Course winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner here in May. Seventh of 9 in handicap (10/1) at this course (7.2f, good) 30 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 4377/17-

(3)

Duenna⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: G Lerena| T: Stuart Pettigrew

9/4

5/4, career best when winning 8-runner minor event at Turffontein (6f, good) 58 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Form choice.

Form: 3521-

(13)

Count Your Chances^b¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Calvin Habib| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

11/1

Course winner. Winner here in July. Creditable second of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 223712-

(7)

Bushveld¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Gates| T: Fabian Habib| CD

12/1

Course winner. 25/1, excellent neck second of 9 to Big City Girl in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 800002-

(2)

Chateau Futura⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: C Maujean| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

40/1

Course winner. Winner here in April. Ninth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good, 33/1) 60 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 514009-

(9)

Pashasha³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Roy Magner

33/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 50/1, bit below form eighth of 16 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 37 days ago.

Form: 304078-

(4)

Big City Girl^b¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Alson Ndzilana| C| D

11/2

4-time course winner. Improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap (4/1) at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago by neck from Bushveld.

Form: 904031-

(1)

Writteninthesand¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Fabian Habib| D

14/1

13/2, eighth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 170748-

(12)

Meet The Captain^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: M Yeni| T: Stephen Moffatt| C

5/1

4-time course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in July. 9/2, fourth of 16 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 441634-

(8)

Cerulean Dancer³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

20/1

One win from 26 Flat runs. Twenty two runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, good fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 30 days ago.

Form: 638675-

(14)

Bad Hair Day²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Nathan Klink| T: Heinrich Westhuizen| C

33/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Improved on recent efforts to win 6-runner maiden (40/1) at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Uphill task.

Form: 9007/61-

Non-Runners

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Summer Of Dreams⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: Heather Adamson J: Marco V'Rensburg

Forecasts

Duenna (9/4), Alabama Anna (4/1), Meet The Captain (5/1), Big City Girl (11/2), Summer Of Dreams (10/1), Count Your Chances (11/1), Dancing Arabian (12/1), Bushveld (12/1), Sparkling Jubilee (14/1), Writteninthesand (14/1), Cerulean Dancer (20/1), Bad Hair Day (33/1), Pashasha (33/1), Chateau Futura (40/1)

DUENNA has leading claims. Summer Of Dreams gets the nod among the others, while Cerulean Dancer comes into calculations for third place.