13:45 Vaal

Tuesday 12 November 2024

All10:1510:5011:2512:0012:3513:1013:4514:20

www.tab4racing.com Middle Stakes

Off time: 13:47 | Winning time: 59.94s

(5)

Magic Tattoo¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Sean Tarry| D

11/4

Seventh of 10 in handicap (16/1) at Turffontein (5f, good) 10 days ago.

Form: 923567-

(6)

Swing Upon A Star³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Girish Samo-burthia⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Peter| D

9/2

Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Turffontein (5f, good) 38 days ago.

Form: 004344-

(9)

Chocolate Soldier¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Trent Mayhew⁽⁶⁾| T: Corne Spies| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. Latest win at Greyville in July. 4/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 10 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 721159-

(11)

Simply Majestic¹⁰⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

3/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Turffontein in June. Below form 3¾ lengths fourth of 9 to Just Reckless in Gr 2 (8/1) at Greyville (6f, good). Off 107 days. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 1/21714-

(7)

Dontshootthebarman¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Clinton Binda| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 25/1) 10 days ago.

Form: 094116-

(1)

Nkandla Gold³³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Brett Webber| CD

8/1

3-time C&D winner. 3 wins from 19 runs this year. Creditable third of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good, 25/1) 33 days ago.

Form: 658353-

(4)

Smith And Wesson¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 7-12| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (5.5f, good, 16/1) 12 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 96/5365-

Non-Runners

(3)

After The Rain¹⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: Corrie Lensley J: G Lerena

(2)

Elegant Ice¹⁹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis J: Kaidan Brewer

(8)

French Bolt¹⁵⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: Stuart Pettigrew J: Calvin Habib

(10)

Tchaikovsky¹⁷

Weight: 8-3| Age: 6

T: Kobus Roux J: Jarryd Penny

Forecasts

Magic Tattoo (11/4), Simply Majestic (3/1), Swing Upon A Star (9/2), Dontshootthebarman (6/1), Elegant Ice (6/1), Smith And Wesson (13/2), Chocolate Soldier (7/1), Nkandla Gold (8/1), French Bolt (12/1), Tchaikovsky (12/1), After The Rain (12/1)

SIMPLY MAJESTIC is highest rated of these on the form book and is well up to winning this readily. Elegant Ice is the most pragmatic second choice, while Nkandla Gold edges it for third.