11:05 Turffontein

Thursday 6 February 2025

All10:3011:0511:4012:1512:5013:2514:0014:35

Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Mr 84 Handicap

Off time: 11:06 | Winning time: 58.76s

(1)

Virginia Beach^b⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Girish Samo-burthia⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Peter| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 7/1, respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good) 70 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 313364-

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(4)

Address The Nation⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: C Maujean| T: Candice Dawson| C| D

7/4

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in November. Seventh of 9 in minor event at this C&D (soft, 33/1) 40 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 456517-

(5)

Longsword¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Sean Tarry| C

7/2

16/1, won 7-runner handicap at this course (5.8f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 3465-01

(3)

Blaze A Way⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Fabian Habib| D

4/1

Winner at Vaal in July. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good, 3/1) 63 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 2126-

(11)

Tchaikovsky⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: L Nhlapo| T: Kobus Roux| D

50/1

100/1, last of 12 in minor event at this C&D (good) 5 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 37872-0

(2)

Kinshin Sha^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| D

4/1

33/1, 2 lengths fifth of 7 to Longsword in handicap at this course (5.8f, good) 11 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 7608-75

(6)

Duke Of Rock⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Gates| T: Fabian Habib| C

12/1

Course winner. 33/1, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good) 63 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 528802-

(7)

Fennec Fox⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Seventh of 8 in handicap (20/1) at this C&D (good) 83 days ago.

Form: 116767-

(10)

Heirloom⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 17/2, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Vaal (5f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 042745-

Result Amended

Address The Nation - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 1st.

Kinshin Sha - Original Position 1st. Amended Position 2nd.

Non-Runners

(8)

Dontshootthebarman¹⁹

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: Clinton Binda J: R Danielson

(9)

Covert Operator²⁷⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: Johan J Vuuren J: M Yeni

(12)

Nkandla Gold¹⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: Brett Webber J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Address The Nation (7/4), Longsword (7/2), Kinshin Sha (4/1), Blaze A Way (4/1), Dontshootthebarman (11/2), Virginia Beach (8/1), Duke Of Rock (12/1), Covert Operator (14/1), Heirloom (18/1), Nkandla Gold (25/1), Fennec Fox (40/1), Tchaikovsky (50/1)

ADDRESS THE NATION gets the vote. Longsword could be the main danger, while Dontshootthebarman demands respect as well.