15:00 Vaal

Thursday 9 May 2024

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For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 Middle Stakes

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 1m 8.58s

(1)

Aussenkehr²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Calvin Habib| T: Tony Peter| D

8/1

7/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 26 days ago.

Form: 5-62724

(10)

Paisley Park^b⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Sean Tarry| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Eighth of 9 in handicap (20/1) at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 49 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 1/0834-8

(3)

Laguna Verde^b¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Turffontein in January. 17/2, last of 9 in minor event at Turffontein (7f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 413569

(4)

Black Egret¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: R Danielson| T: Clinton Binda| D

4/1

Good fourth of 14 in handicap at Scottsville (5.5f, good to soft, 40/1) 11 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 250-004

(8)

Dr Faustus⁸⁴

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

7/1

8/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, good third of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 84 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4215-3

(5)

Richard The First^b²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

2/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. Creditable second of 7 in handicap (4/1) at Turffontein (5.5f, good) 26 days ago.

Form: 4-33622

(6)

Wings Within Me³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Fabian Habib| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Creditable third of 8 in handicap (3/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 30 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 6-13353

(9)

Prophet^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Corne Spies| C

14/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. 25/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 14 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Uphill task.

Form: 0-47906

(7)

What A Tiger²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Nirvan Nastili⁽⁹⁾| T: Fabian Habib| CD

20/1

4-time course winner. 25/1, last of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 26 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 537030

(2)

Gimmefabulous¹¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 7-12| J: M Yeni| T: Mike/Adam Azzie

6/1

1 win from 1 run this year. Won 11-runner minor event at Kenilworth (5f, good, 5/1). Off 110 days. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 3-1

Forecasts

Richard The First (2/1), Black Egret (4/1), Gimmefabulous (6/1), Dr Faustus (7/1), Wings Within Me (15/2), Aussenkehr (8/1), Laguna Verde (9/1), Prophet (14/1), Paisley Park (16/1), What A Tiger (20/1)

WINGS WITHIN ME was the beaten market choice last time out, but still makes most appeal of these. Gimmefabulous heads the dangers, while Richard The First deserves some consideration as well.

Prize Money

1st: R68,758.002nd: R21,995.003rd: R10,998.004th: R5,499.005th: R2,749.00

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