14:50 Turffontein

Saturday 30 December 2023

All10:0510:4011:2011:5512:3013:0513:4014:1514:50

Next Turffontein Racemeeting Thursday 4 January Mr 84 Handicap

Off time: 14:59 | Winning time: 1m 25.84s

(2)

Mo The Man^b1⁴⁴

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

10/3

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 4/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good) 44 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 542413-

(7)

Bloomington²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Fabian Habib| CD

8/1

4-time course winner. Latest win at Vaal in August. Creditable fifth of 10 in minor event at this course (8f, good, 20/1) 25 days ago.

Form: 631545-

(10)

Richard The First²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

7/2

Winner at Vaal in August. Creditable seventh of 22 in handicap at Vaal (7.3f, good, 66/1) 21 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 122737-

(12)

Rain Or Shine⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Robyn Klaasen| BF| D

28/1

Latest win at Vaal in August. Last of 8 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good, 7/2) 70 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 281028-

(6)

Calibre Crest^b¹⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Joey Soma| BF| D

16/1

9/4 and blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good). Off 175 days. Difficult ask.

Form: 53/1225-

(1)

Kotinos¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Roy Magner| CD

7/1

Course winner. Won 9-runner handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 6/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 255301-

(4)

Moola Man⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Stuart Pettigrew

5/1

Winner at Vaal in August. 25/2, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 48 days ago. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 414634-

(5)

Willow Express¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: C Maujean| T: Sean Tarry| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap (6/1) at this course (8f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 976465-

(11)

His Master's Voice⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Nathan Klink| T: Grant Maroun

40/1

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Greyville (8f, AW, 10/1) 87 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Y. Govender.

Form: 039241-

(8)

Vix Princess⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Calvin Habib| T: Tony Peter| D

11/2

3/1, career best when winning 13-runner minor event at Durbanville (7f, good) 81 days ago. First run for yard after leaving J. S. Snaith. Makes handicap debut. Shortlist material.

Form: 361-

(3)

Toffas¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Candice Dawson| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Last of 10 in handicap (25/2) at this course (8f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 2/19500-

Non-Runners

(9)

Rattle Bag⁵⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: Grant Maroun J: Trent Mayhew

Forecasts

Mo The Man (10/3), Richard The First (7/2), Moola Man (5/1), Vix Princess (11/2), Kotinos (7/1), Willow Express (15/2), Bloomington (8/1), Rattle Bag (10/1), Toffas (14/1), Calibre Crest (16/1), Rain Or Shine (28/1), His Master's Voice (40/1)

VIX PRINCESS took a big step forward last time and is going to be hard to beat. Richard The First seems the principal danger, while His Master's Voice can make the first three as well.