13:00 Turffontein

Thursday 27 February 2025

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Racing240 For Racing. For You Mr 83 Divided Handicap

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 1m 53.82s

(3)

Towers Of Gold⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ryan Munger| T: Roy Magner| C

7/2

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap (33/10) at this C&D (good to soft) 40 days ago. First run for yard after leaving P. F. Matchett. Others have achieved more.

Form: 31331-6

(5)

Eiger Sanction³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: M Yeni| T: D Gray St John| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 18 runs last year. Latest win at Vaal in October. 8/1, 6 lengths seventh of 8 to On Target in handicap at Vaal (9f, good) 37 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 11118-7

(8)

Luthuli^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: P Strydom| T: Fabian Habib| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Vaal in October. 25/1, last of 7 in minor event at this course (11.9f, good) 19 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0518-67

(1)

On Target¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: G Lerena| T: Tony Peter| D

5/6

Latest win at Vaal in January. Good second of 7 in handicap (18/10) at this C&D (good to soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 4162-12

(9)

Professor Snape^b⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: C Maujean| T: Johan J Vuuren

20/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. Fifth of 7 in handicap (16/1) at this course (8f, good) 82 days ago.

Form: 309945-

(4)

Diesel's Shadow^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: R Danielson| T: Erico Verdonese| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Vaal in August. Good second of 9 in handicap (16/1) at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 31534-2

(7)

High Queue^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Clinton Binda| C| D

22/1

Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in September. Eighth of 9 in handicap (25/2) at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 21124-8

(2)

American Rebel⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Weichong Marwing| C

7/1

Course winner. 20/1, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good to soft) 65 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 636273-

(11)

Chariot Of Fire²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

25/1

15/2, career best when winning 7-runner maiden at Vaal (7.4f, good) 28 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 360-1

(10)

Crepuscolo³⁰

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

28/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. Fifth of 8 in handicap (15/2) at Vaal (9f, good) 30 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 63074-5

Non-Runners

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One More Star⁴²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: Sean Tarry J: Craig Zackey

Forecasts

On Target (5/6), One More Star (3/1), Towers Of Gold (7/2), Diesel's Shadow (6/1), American Rebel (7/1), Eiger Sanction (16/1), Professor Snape (20/1), High Queue (22/1), Luthuli (22/1), Chariot Of Fire (25/1), Crepuscolo (28/1)

DIESEL'S SHADOW is much the one to aim at. American Rebel can emerge second best, while Professor Snape also seems unlikely to be far away.