14:45 Turffontein

Saturday 10 February 2024

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Next Turffontein Racemeeting Thursday 15 February Mr 85 Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 7.3s

(4)

There She Goes²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Weiho Marwing| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 4/1) 25 days ago. First run for yard after leaving W. H. Marwing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 41543-1

(12)

Mid Winter Wind¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Munger| T: Sean Tarry| CD

5/4

1/3, didn't need to improve to win 9-runner maiden at this course (6f, good) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 32-21

(6)

What A Tiger^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Fabian Habib| D

6/1

Three wins from 14 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in December. Creditable third of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good, 8/1) 21 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 5311-53

(10)

Champion Warrior¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Serino Moodley| T: Sean Tarry| D

13/2

7/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving B. Crawford when last of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 13 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 60976-8

(5)

Kotinos⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Roy Magner| CD

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in December. 8/1, creditable sixth of 11 in handicap at this course (7f, good to soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 553016-

(9)

Pontiac^b²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Trent Mayhew| T: Johan J Vuuren

9/2

11/2, good third of 10 in handicap at this course (5f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 12736-3

(1)

Back To Basics⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Nirvan Nastili⁽⁹⁾| T: Paul Matchett| D

33/1

Three wins from 14 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in August. 15 lengths seventh of 9 to Kotinos in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 16/1) 58 days ago.

Form: 145207-

(11)

Whorly Whorly^b¹²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Siyanda Sosibo| T: Clinton Binda| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 3/1, improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap at Vaal (7f, good) by 1½ lengths from Back To Basics. Off 128 days. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 559211-

(2)

Simply Magic¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 9/2) 16 days ago. Now below last winning mark.

Form: 3067-25

Non-Runners

(3)

Cornwall¹³

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: Robyn Klaasen J: Kaidan Brewer

(8)

Vegas Hi Rise²¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: Fabian Habib J: Diego De Gouveia

(7)

Halberdier²⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: Billy Ruiters J: Jason Gates

Forecasts

Mid Winter Wind (5/4), Pontiac (9/2), What A Tiger (6/1), Champion Warrior (13/2), Cornwall (7/1), There She Goes (8/1), Whorly Whorly (11/1), Simply Magic (12/1), Kotinos (14/1), Halberdier (20/1), Vegas Hi Rise (20/1), Back To Basics (33/1)

HALBERDIER gets the vote. Pontiac could play a big role in proceedings, while Kotinos is one to bear in mind as well.