14:55 Vaal

Thursday 16 May 2024

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For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 Mr 76 Handicap

Off time: 14:58 | Winning time: 1m 50.24s

(11)

Dark Silver^b²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Alec Laird| C

7/2

4/1, career best when winning 9-runner maiden at this course (9.9f, good) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 54-4331

(8)

Fushimi Inari⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

3/1

Course winner. 25/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 54 days ago. Booking of Lerena a plus. Should go well again.

Form: 3-23D46

(13)

Celtic Rush⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: David Nieuwenhuizen| D

28/1

20/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 49 days ago.

Form: 141-005

(3)

Leao Alado²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: M Yeni| T: Roy Magner| C

11/4

1 win from 3 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (14/1) at this course (8f, good) 23 days ago by 1½ lengths from Guy Alexander. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 179-071

(10)

Real Relief³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R Danielson| T: Heather Adamson

22/1

Last of 7 in handicap at Turffontein (5.5f, good, 40/1) 33 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 353-007

(9)

Greenbackcurrency¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Wesley Marwing| T: Weiho Marwing

25/1

Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good, 20/1) 14 days ago. First run for yard after leaving W. H. Marwing. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 26/1-566

(2)

Volte Face^b³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Heinrich Westhuizen| C

9/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Didn't need to improve to win 8-runner handicap at this course (8f, good to soft, 33/1) 35 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 837191

(7)

Eiger Sanction^b⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Denis Schwarz| T: D Gray St John| D

25/1

Winner at Turffontein in January. 10/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 42 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 146260

(4)

Romeo's Magic²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Brett Warren| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 25/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 23 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 72-5976

(5)

Flag Bearer^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: S Khumalo| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

10/1

Course winner. 20/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Greyville (9.4f, AW) 15 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 0-60360

(6)

Guy Alexander⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Corrie Lensley

9/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 8/1, last of 11 in handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago.

Form: 0-90320

(1)

Full Go⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Nathan Klink| T: Billy Ruiters| C

20/1

Course winner. One win from 39 Flat runs. 7/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 0-76337

Non-Runners

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Carnelo²³

Weight: 8-5| Age: 5

T: Shaylen Naidoo J: Calvin Habib

Forecasts

Leao Alado (11/4), Fushimi Inari (3/1), Dark Silver (7/2), Carnelo (6/1), Guy Alexander (9/1), Volte Face (9/1), Flag Bearer (10/1), Romeo's Magic (10/1), Full Go (20/1), Real Relief (22/1), Eiger Sanction (25/1), Greenbackcurrency (25/1), Celtic Rush (28/1)

FLAG BEARER is in a good run of form and is just about the pick in this company. Romeo's Magic rates the main threat, while Guy Alexander looks best of the rest.