15:45 Turffontein

Thursday 23 May 2024

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Next Turffontein Racemeeting Thursday 30 May Fm 77 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 58.06s

(8)

Happy Analia³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Corrie Lensley| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Vaal in December. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good, 25/2) 36 days ago. Stepping back in the right direction.

Form: 11-8875

(11)

Jasiri⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Danielson| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

17/2

20/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 40 days ago.

Form: 163-955

(9)

Ride On²³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Calvin Habib| T: Tony Peter| D

9/2

Seventh of 9 in handicap (8/1) at Greyville (6f, good). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving G. Van Zyl (Jnr). Well treated on pick of form.

Form: 48/0577-

(2)

Heirloom³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C Maujean| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Ninth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good, 14/1) 36 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 6908-39

(1)

Lovegrass⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lerena| T: Johan J Vuuren| BF| CD

7/4

C&D winner. Winner here in December. 14/10, second of 9 in handicap at this C&D (good) 63 days ago.

Form: 1-2

(5)

Midnight Fusion⁶⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Fourie| T: Sean Tarry| C

5/1

7/1, ninth of 11 in minor event at Vaal (6f, good) 65 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 5344-49

(3)

Waitforgreenlight⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: S Khumalo| T: Fabian Habib| CD

11/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner maiden (5/2) at this C&D (good) 61 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 99-0321

(10)

Flying Broomstick^b¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Gates| T: Billy Ruiters| C

50/1

Course winner. 40/1, last of 8 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft). Off 126 days. Uphill task.

Form: 04616-8

(6)

Fennec Fox²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Robyn Klaasen| C| D

6/1

Course winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 20/1) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5880-64

(4)

Smelting^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Siyanda Sosibo| T: Bridget Stidolph| C

25/1

Course winner. One win from 64 Flat runs. Twenty two runs since last win in 2023. Below form sixth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (6f, good, 33/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 452876

Non-Runners

(7)

In The Ether²¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: Grant Maroun J: Nirvan Nastili

Forecasts

Lovegrass (7/4), Ride On (9/2), Midnight Fusion (5/1), In The Ether (5/1), Fennec Fox (6/1), Heirloom (17/2), Jasiri (17/2), Happy Analia (9/1), Waitforgreenlight (11/1), Smelting (25/1), Flying Broomstick (50/1)

RIDE ON formwise is some way in advance of these and jumps off the page as the most likely winner. Jasiri should be involved at the business end as well, while Heirloom can't be ruled out.