13:15 Turffontein

Thursday 2 January 2025

All10:5011:2512:0012:3513:1513:5014:25

www.tab4racing.com Mr 80 Handicap

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 2m 29.15s

(4)

Banha Bridge^b²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Trent Mayhew⁽³⁾| T: Candice Dawson| C| D

4/1

Course winner. 17/2, good second of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good) 26 days ago. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 698542-

(6)

Weather Wizard^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: C Maujean| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Seventh of 8 in handicap (50/1) at Vaal (8f, good) 14 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 566697-

(5)

Afraad^b¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Phillip Labuschagne| C| D

22/1

Course winner. Last of 7 in minor event (66/1) at Vaal (9.9f, good) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 780577-

(1)

Douglas Dragon³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Mark Khan| D

6/4

Latest win at Vaal in November. Good second of 6 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good, 11/2) 30 days ago. Back up in trip. Getting better with each recent run.

Form: 218712-

(8)

Arlington Action^b³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Tyrone Zackey| C| D

7/1

4-time course winner. Good third of 6 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good, 14/1) 30 days ago. Back up in trip. Must improve.

Form: 147573-

(3)

To The Rescue^b²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Sean Tarry| C| D

5/2

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in November. Fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good, 28/10) 26 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 846314-

(2)

Nuclear Force^b⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: G Lerena| T: Erico Verdonese| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 16/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Vaal (11.9f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Booking of Lerena a plus.

Form: 137278-

Non-Runners

(7)

Libeccio¹⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: Tyrone Zackey J: Nathan Klink

Forecasts

Douglas Dragon (6/4), To The Rescue (5/2), Banha Bridge (4/1), Arlington Action (7/1), Nuclear Force (9/1), Libeccio (10/1), Weather Wizard (16/1), Afraad (22/1)

TO THE RESCUE should be thereabouts. Douglas Dragon is next preference, while Banha Bridge also comes into the reckoning.