14:50 Vaal

Thursday 17 October 2024

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Take A Bet Wina Numba Numba Mr 66 Handicap

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 1m 23.15s

(14)

Calida²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: M Yeni| T: Weichong Marwing| D

5/4

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. Good third of 8 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D (good) 23 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 098423-

(8)

King Rahul²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁹⁾| T: Corne Spies| C

14/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 25/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good) 23 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Merits consideration.

Form: 730307-

(10)

Micke's Bomb^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: P Strydom| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| BF

12/1

9/4, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (5f, good) 21 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 225745-

(5)

Kylie's Angel¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: C Maujean| T: Tony Peter| C

12/1

Course winner. Winner here in July. 9/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good) 16 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 331546-

(6)

Captain Jim²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁶⁾| T: Fabian Habib| C

16/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. 15/2, seventh of 10 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 533317-

(7)

Tried And True²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robyn Klaasen| D

9/2

13/2, first run since leaving L. Gila when good second of 9 in handicap at Greyville (7f, AW) 20 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 476642-

(2)

Written In Stone¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-3| J: L Nhlapo| T: Brett Webber| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Latest win here in August. Good third of 13 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 25/2) 16 days ago.

Form: 851443-

(11)

Sail The Sky¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Chris Jonker| D

28/1

Latest win at Turffontein in August. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good, 8/1) 19 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 610067-

(4)

Cartagena⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Heather Adamson| C

11/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. Creditable sixth of 13 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good, 40/1) 49 days ago.

Form: 849516-

(13)

Northern Kitten¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Calvin Habib| T: Fabian Habib| C

11/1

Course winner. Fifth of 7 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 6/1) 14 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 805445-

(3)

Mariachi Madness¹²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Clinton Binda| CD

33/1

Course winner. 33/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Greyville (9f, AW). Off 120 days. Back down in trip. Booking of Schwarz a plus.

Form: 800669-

(1)

Count Your Chances^b²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Craig Zackey| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

12/1

Course winner. Third of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 7/2) 28 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 446463-

(12)

Can't Catch Me²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Brett Webber

22/1

One win from 34 Flat runs. Twenty six runs since last win in 2023. Eighth of 10 in handicap (25/1) at this course (6f, good) 28 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 926958-

(9)

Miraculous Man^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Grant Maroun

50/1

One win from 30 Flat runs. Last of 13 in handicap (100/1) at this course (6f, good) 16 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 990090-

Non-Runners

(15)

Dark Tide²⁰

Weight: 8-6| Age: 8

T: Fanie Bronkhorst J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Calida (5/4), Tried And True (9/2), Dark Tide (8/1), Written In Stone (10/1), Northern Kitten (11/1), Cartagena (11/1), Count Your Chances (12/1), Kylie's Angel (12/1), Micke's Bomb (12/1), King Rahul (14/1), Captain Jim (16/1), Can't Catch Me (22/1), Sail The Sky (28/1), Mariachi Madness (33/1), Miraculous Man (50/1)

CALIDA continues in form and just about gets the nod in this company. Northern Kitten is the second option, while Cartagena is another with the potential to figure.