15:25 Vaal

Thursday 21 September 2023

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Thursday 28 September Mr 68 Handicap

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 28.68s

(2)

Inner Sense^b¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Winner here in August. 8/1, creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 5/02315-

(4)

Var Park¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R Danielson| T: Grant Maroun| C

10/1

Course winner. Seventh of 8 in minor event (20/1) at Turffontein (5f, good) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 020967-

(8)

Anytime Champ²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Joey Soma

14/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap (25/1) at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0000/87-

(7)

Cerulean Dancer¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

11/2

Course winner. Latest win here in August. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap (20/1) at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 867515-

(3)

Meet The Captain^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Jason Gates| T: Stephen Moffatt| C

9/2

4-time course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in July. 1¾ lengths fourth of 13 to Cerulean Dancer in handicap at this course (7f, good, 6/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 416344-

(10)

Written In Stone¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Donald Geerthsen⁽⁶⁾| T: Brett Webber| C| D

5/1

Course winner. Thirty eight runs since last win in 2020. Seventh of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good, 20/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 373447-

(6)

Gimme The Flame³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Heather Adamson| D

6/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 33/1, seventh of 16 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 30 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 825777-

(1)

Writteninthesand^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: M Yeni| T: Fabian Habib| D

9/2

9¼ lengths tenth of 13 to Cerulean Dancer in handicap at this course (7f, good, 25/1) 21 days ago. Well handicapped on pick of form.

Form: 707480-

(5)

Gimme Royalty^v¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Shaylen Naidoo

28/1

One win from 35 Flat runs. Ninth of 10 in handicap (100/1) at Turffontein (6f, good) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 987689-

Non-Runners

(11)

Tanganga¹²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Robyn Klaasen J: C Maujean

(9)

Carnelo³⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: Shaylen Naidoo J: Wesley Marwing

Forecasts

Inner Sense (3/1), Writteninthesand (9/2), Meet The Captain (9/2), Written In Stone (5/1), Cerulean Dancer (11/2), Gimme The Flame (6/1), Var Park (10/1), Carnelo (10/1), Tanganga (12/1), Anytime Champ (14/1), Gimme Royalty (28/1)

MEET THE CAPTAIN is operating at a solid level lately and should prove hard to catch. Cerulean Dancer gets the nod among the rest, while Written In Stone is perhaps the most interesting other runner in the field.