12:49 Vaal

Thursday 29 August 2024

All11:1311:4512:1712:4913:3014:0514:4515:20

Racehorse Owners Association Middle Stakes

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 2m 3.61s

(9)

Sugar Blast¹¹²

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

6/1

Career best when winning 9-runner minor event (10/1) at this C&D (good). Off 112 days.

Form: 12/7521-

(2)

Flying Bull¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: G Lerena| T: Tony Peter| C| D

18/1

Course winner. 20/1, fifth of 8 in minor event at Turffontein (12.9f, good) 14 days ago. Down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 63313/5-

(3)

Imperial Master^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

11/2

4-time course winner. Latest win here in June. 10/1, creditable third of 9 in minor event at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 71/3913-

(4)

Poets Warrior⁶¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Craig Zackey| T: Mike/Adam Azzie| C| D

10/1

4/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this course (11.9f, good). Off 20 months. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 417511/

(1)

Millahue⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Johan J Vuuren| C| D

5/1

Course winner. Ninth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good, 11/2) 5 days ago.

Form: 9/35529-

(5)

Strewn Sky¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: S Khumalo| T: Johan J Vuuren| BF| D

2/1

Winner at Turffontein in May. 13/10, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 19 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 331322-

(7)

Weather Wizard¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C

33/1

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in May. 5/1, sixth of 8 in minor event at Turffontein (12.9f, good) 14 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 718566-

(8)

Thunee Playa^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Lorenzo Karriem| C| D

5/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in July. 4/1, good third of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 175013-

Non-Runners

(6)

Kudzu¹⁸²

Weight: 7-12| Age: 4

T: Johan J Vuuren J: Philasande Mxoli

Forecasts

Strewn Sky (2/1), Thunee Playa (5/2), Millahue (5/1), Imperial Master (11/2), Sugar Blast (6/1), Poets Warrior (10/1), Kudzu (12/1), Flying Bull (18/1), Weather Wizard (33/1)

THUNEE PLAYA can come out on top. Strewn Sky is feared, along with the returning Sugar Blast.