13:55 Turffontein

Thursday 18 January 2024

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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Middle Stakes

Off time: 13:56 | Winning time: 1m 41.28s

(10)

Zuzan^b⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Paul Matchett| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Seven wins from 23 Flat runs. Five wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in August. 33/1, creditable thirteenth of 22 in handicap at Vaal (7.3f, good) 40 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 150150-

(2)

Fast Love⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Craig Zackey| T: Johan J Vuuren| C

18/1

Course winner. 75/1, ninth of 10 in minor event at Vaal (7.3f, good) 40 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 128089-

(8)

Red Bomber¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| BF| C

9/4

Course winner. Two wins from 6 runs last year. 11/10, bit below form second of 9 in minor event at this course (7f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 181322-

(5)

Tizona¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Calvin Habib| T: Tony Peter| OR: 81

11/1

Last of 9 in minor event (20/1) at this course (7f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 223499-

(3)

Whispers Of War²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Corne Spies| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 20/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Vaal (9f, good to soft) 21 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 599165-

(4)

Command Pilot²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Alec Laird| C

11/8

Course winner. Winner here in August. Good second of 9 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, good to soft, 10/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 4152-

(6)

Luthuli^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Fabian Habib| CD

10/1

Three wins from 16 runs last year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D (good, 8/1) 32 days ago.

Form: 444581-

(7)

Vesuvio¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Tyrone Zackey| CD

18/1

4-time course winner. Latest win here in December. Eighth of 10 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good, 8/1) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 24371-8

(9)

Quantum²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 7-12| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Alec Laird| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 8/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Vaal (8f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 601721-

Non-Runners

(1)

Barbaresco⁵

Weight: 8-3| Age: 3

T: Johan J Vuuren J: M Yeni

Forecasts

Command Pilot (11/8), Red Bomber (9/4), Quantum (6/1), Barbaresco (7/1), Luthuli (10/1), Tizona (11/1), Whispers Of War (12/1), Vesuvio (18/1), Fast Love (18/1), Zuzan (22/1)

RED BOMBER can resume winning ways. Quantum is respected once more, while Command Pilot has a shout.