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Thursday 4 April 2024

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 9 April Mr 68 Handicap

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 1m 51.07s

(4)

Copper John³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁹⁾| T: Alec Laird| C

5/2

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good, 4/1) 35 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 972-484

(11)

Eiger Sanction^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P Strydom| T: D Gray St John| D

8/1

Winner at Turffontein in January. 33/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 14 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 5-14626

(9)

Hakas Krakas²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Brett Crawford

16/1

Winner at Turffontein in January. 50/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 67-1706

(3)

His Master's Voice¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Hennie Greyling| T: Mark Khan

9/2

Winner at Greyville in October. 33/1, bit below form eighth of 18 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 418-608

(7)

Jp Two Thousand^b⁵⁶

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

5/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 10/1, respectable fifth of 9 in minor event at Turffontein (9f, good) 56 days ago.

Form: 220-745

(2)

Volte Face^b¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Heinrich Westhuizen| C

14/1

25/1, didn't need to improve to win 10-runner maiden at this course (8.4f, good) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Shortlist material.

Form: 33-8371

(10)

Flag Bearer^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: C Maujean| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

18/1

Course winner. 33/1, respectable third of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 7 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 090-603

(1)

Gilda Gray²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S Khumalo| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in January. Creditable seventh of 12 in handicap (11/2) at Greyville (8f, AW) 22 days ago.

Form: 6-76197

(6)

Guy Alexander²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Kobeli Lihaba⁽³⁾| T: Corrie Lensley

66/1

Last of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good, 80/1) 21 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 9680-90

(12)

Summerland¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Nathan Klink| T: Corne Spies| C

20/1

Course winner. Latest win at Greyville in February. 25/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 14 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Has work to do.

Form: 644-619

(5)

Lorna Lilly¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: R Danielson| T: Jannie Borman| C

50/1

Course winner. One win from 25 Flat runs. 40/1, last of 17 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 005-390

(8)

Green Sceptre⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Nirvan Nastili⁽⁹⁾| T: Sean Tarry

7/2

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 6/1, second of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 495-802

Forecasts

Copper John (5/2), Green Sceptre (7/2), His Master's Voice (9/2), Jp Two Thousand (5/1), Eiger Sanction (8/1), Gilda Gray (10/1), Volte Face (14/1), Hakas Krakas (16/1), Flag Bearer (18/1), Summerland (20/1), Lorna Lilly (50/1), Guy Alexander (66/1)

VOLTE FACE is running well enough to take this but will need to be on song. Jp Two Thousand is the most realistic next preference, while Eiger Sanction is the other candidate for the three.

Prize Money

1st: R53,124.002nd: R17,009.003rd: R8,504.004th: R4,241.005th: R2,120.00

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