14:40 Vaal

Thursday 1 February 2024

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 20 February Fm 74 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 1m 9.01s

(4)

Godspeed⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. 25/2, fourteenth of 15 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 54 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 351680-

(3)

Law Of Success^b⁹

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

5/2

C&D winner. 7/1, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (5f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 3394-25

(5)

Lady Crusade⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford

15/2

Didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner maiden at Turffontein (5f, good, 77/100) 58 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 4/331-

(2)

Gimme The Flame⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Siyanda Sosibo⁽³⁾| T: Heather Adamson| C

11/4

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap (14/1) at this course (7.2f, good) 9 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 2584-21

(1)

Cerulean Dancer⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| BF| C

13/8

Course winner. 28/10, good third of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good) 7 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 834-323

(6)

Kill Shot^b¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Nathan Klink| T: Phillip / Vermeulen| C

20/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. 33/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good) 16 days ago.

Form: 67/700-9

(10)

Mandalay⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Shaylen Naidoo| C

18/1

Course winner. One win from 25 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. Seventh of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good, 50/1) 7 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 80479-7

Non-Runners

(11)

Woman Of Substance⁷⁰

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: Tyrone Zackey J: Kaidan Brewer

(9)

Life Lesson⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: D Gray St John J: Denis Schwarz

(8)

Sugary Sweet¹⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Paul Matchett J: Nirvan Nastili

(7)

Simply Magic⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: Brett Crawford J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Cerulean Dancer (13/8), Law Of Success (5/2), Gimme The Flame (11/4), Simply Magic (9/2), Lady Crusade (15/2), Godspeed (16/1), Mandalay (18/1), Kill Shot (20/1), Woman Of Substance (20/1), Life Lesson (20/1), Sugary Sweet (20/1)

CERULEAN DANCER looks to have just about the best credentials. Gimme The Flame can take a hand, while Law Of Success also commands a closer look.