12:55 Vaal

Thursday 17 April 2025

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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Mr 80 Handicap

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 1m 10.48s

(5)

Fully Loaded¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: P Strydom| T: Fabian Habib| C

3/1

Course winner. Three wins from 9 runs last year. 7/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 67952-5

(11)

Bloomington⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Gates| T: Fabian Habib| C| D

18/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. 20/1, last of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 70 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 82708-7

(1)

Douglas Dragon⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Mark Khan| C

3/1

Course winner. Latest win here in November. 9/2, fifth of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 75 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8712-25

(8)

Banha Bridge^b¹⁰⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: R Danielson| T: Candice Dawson| CD

16/1

4-time course winner. Sixth of 7 in handicap at this course (11.9f, good). Off 105 days. Significantly back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 98542-6

(10)

Safe Space^b²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Andrew Fortune| T: Tony Peter| CD

7/2

Course winner. Four wins from 13 runs last year. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (8/1) at Turffontein (9.9f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 1-66933

(6)

Laughing William²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Candice Dawson| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Latest win here in January. Last of 5 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good, 11/2) 23 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 644-195

(2)

Guerilla Warfare³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: M Yeni| T: D Gray St John| BF| D

2/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2024. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, soft, 33/10) 35 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 64-5634

Non-Runners

(3)

Willow Express²³

Weight: 9-12| Age: 7

T: Sean Tarry J: Craig Zackey

(4)

Luthuli²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Fabian Habib J: Calvin Habib

(7)

Obsidian²⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Johan J Vuuren J: S Khumalo

(9)

Chabal²

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: Fabian Habib J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Guerilla Warfare (2/1), Fully Loaded (3/1), Douglas Dragon (3/1), Obsidian (3/1), Safe Space (7/2), Willow Express (5/1), Chabal (12/1), Banha Bridge (16/1), Bloomington (18/1), Laughing William (20/1), Luthuli (20/1)

GUERILLA WARFARE can strike. Banha Bridge is feared, while Obsidian can go well again.