13:55 Vaal

Thursday 5 September 2024

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Betway Mr 80 Handicap

Off time: 13:59 | Winning time: 2m 4.5s

(6)

Battleofbarberton⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Strydom| T: Mike/Adam Azzie

15/2

Winner at Turffontein in May. 9/2, good second of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (12.9f, good) 84 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 6/5412-

(1)

Claw⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S Khumalo| T: Mike/Adam Azzie| BF| D

11/4

Winner at Turffontein in March. 2/1, creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 40 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 517365-

(4)

Taxhaven⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Craig Zackey| T: Paul Matchett| C

11/2

Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner maiden at this course (11.9f, good, 72/100) 42 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Uphill task.

Form: 562201-

(8)

Diesel's Shadow¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: G Lerena| T: Erico Verdonese| C

4/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Won 9-runner handicap at this course (9f, good, 7/2) 16 days ago.

Form: 8/55131-

(9)

American Rebel^b²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Calvin Habib| T: Weichong Marwing

25/1

Winner at Turffontein in July. 16/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (8.4f, good) 28 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 436616-

(3)

Fifth Of July³³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-10| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: David Nieuwenhuizen| C

10/1

Course winner. 28/10, won 6-runner handicap at Turffontein (9f, good) 33 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/32241-

(5)

Master Tik Tok¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: M Yeni| T: Paul Matchett| CD

10/3

4/1, didn't need to improve to win 12-runner maiden at this C&D (good) 15 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 333321-

(2)

Romeo's Magic^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Klink| T: Brett Warren| C| D

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in July. 20/1, creditable 2 lengths fourth of 9 to Diesel's Shadow in handicap at this course (9f, good) 16 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 760714-

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(10)

Banha Bridge²⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: Candice Dawson J: R Danielson

(7)

Celtic Rush²⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: David Nieuwenhuizen J: Kabelo Matsunyane

Forecasts

Claw (11/4), Master Tik Tok (10/3), Diesel's Shadow (4/1), Celtic Rush (5/1), Taxhaven (11/2), Battleofbarberton (15/2), Fifth Of July (10/1), Romeo's Magic (14/1), Banha Bridge (16/1), American Rebel (25/1)

MASTER TIK TOK should make for good viewing and can win again. Celtic Rush is a big threat, while Claw might well have a say too.