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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 31 December Mr 74 Handicap

Off time: 14:22 | Winning time: 1m 26.71s

(7)

Rattle Bag^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: P Strydom| T: Grant Maroun| C| D

15/8

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in November. 33/10, creditable second of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 8 days ago.

Form: 773132-

(4)

Super Awesome⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Diego De Gouveia| T: Roy Magner| C

5/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Eighth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good, 33/1) 47 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 485438-

(9)

The Cane Train¹⁰⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robyn Klaasen

11/1

72/100, didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner maiden at Turffontein (8f, good). Off 108 days. Makes handicap debut. More needed.

Form: 742231-

(5)

New Mexico¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Calvin Habib| T: Alec Laird

2/1

Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap (9/2) at Turffontein (7f, good) 17 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 1/59604-

(10)

Calida¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: L Nhlapo| T: Weichong Marwing| D

13/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 11/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 19 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 842333-

(3)

Miss Predator^b1⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Heather Adamson

50/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (66/1) at Fairview (6f, good to soft). Off 95 days. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving S. B. Kotzen.

Form: 619000-

(2)

Northern Kitten⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Fabian Habib| C

9/1

Course winner. 15/2, seventh of 11 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 54 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 544577-

(6)

Can't Catch Me¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Brett Webber

16/1

One win from 38 Flat runs. Thirty runs since last win in 2023. 40/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 582577-

Non-Runners

(1)

Alone Time¹²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: Kobus Roux J: Denis Schwarz

(8)

After Hours¹²

Weight: 8-9| Age: 7

T: D Gray St John J: Kaidan Brewer

Forecasts

Rattle Bag (15/8), New Mexico (2/1), Super Awesome (5/1), Alone Time (6/1), Calida (13/2), After Hours (7/1), Northern Kitten (9/1), The Cane Train (11/1), Can't Catch Me (16/1), Miss Predator (50/1)

SUPER AWESOME should be bang there. Rattle Bag is the pick of the rest, while After Hours edges things for third.

Prize Money

1st: R62,491.002nd: R19,991.003rd: R9,996.004th: R5,010.005th: R2,493.00