12:20 Vaal

Tuesday 2 January 2024

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Book A Table Call 011 681 1796 Mr 72 Handicap

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 1m 50.13s

(8)

Banha Bridge^b¹¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: P Strydom| T: Candice Dawson| BF| C

14/1

Course winner. 3/1, good second of 8 in handicap at Greyville (9f, AW). Off 111 days.

Form: 452302-

(9)

Little Prince⁴⁷

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

9/2

4/1, didn't need to improve to win 13-runner handicap at this course (9.9f, good) 47 days ago.

Form: 256221-

(4)

Fushimi Inari²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

3/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. 16/1, good third of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Progressing well recently.

Form: 221863-

(1)

Kudzu²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren

3/1

Winner at Turffontein in September. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft, 25/2) 26 days ago.

Form: 25414-

(3)

Duke Of Oxford²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Barend Daniel Botes

14/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 8-runner maiden at Turffontein (9.9f, good to soft, 17/2) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Progressing recently.

Form: 0061-

(5)

Leao Alado⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Roy Magner| C

22/1

Course winner. Winner here in July. Last of 9 in handicap (10/1) at Turffontein (11.9f, good) 59 days ago. Back down in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 232179-

(10)

Copper John²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Calvin Habib| T: Alec Laird| C

7/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. 6/1, good second of 11 in handicap at this course (8f, good to soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 551972-

(2)

Azaleas For All²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

15/2

Career best when winning 11-runner maiden at this C&D (good to soft, 15/10) 26 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 532221-

(11)

Godfather¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Robyn Klaasen| C

17/2

Course winner. 11/2, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 453323-

(6)

Harold The Duke⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: C Maujean| T: Dianne Stenger

50/1

One win from 23 Flat runs. Winner at Turffontein in November. Last of 9 in handicap at this course (11.9f, good, 33/1) 40 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 576419-

(7)

Coromandel¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Craig Zackey| T: Kobus Roux| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Latest win here in September. 8/1, respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at this course (11.9f, good) 12 days ago. Back down in trip. Well treated on pick of form.

Form: 170875-

(12)

Zoombomber¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Corne Spies

28/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. Below form ninth of 17 in handicap (6/1) at this course (7f, good) 12 days ago. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 600569-

Forecasts

Fushimi Inari (3/1), Kudzu (3/1), Little Prince (9/2), Copper John (7/1), Azaleas For All (15/2), Godfather (17/2), Banha Bridge (14/1), Duke Of Oxford (14/1), Coromandel (16/1), Leao Alado (22/1), Zoombomber (28/1), Harold The Duke (50/1)

COROMANDEL is interesting. Fushimi Inari makes some appeal, while Little Prince may be the one for third.