11:54 Vaal

Thursday 24 July 2025

All10:5011:2211:5412:2613:0513:4014:1514:50

Summer Cup 29 November Mr 74 Handicap

Off time: 11:55 | Winning time: 1m 37.48s

(1)

Unsolved Riddle⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P Strydom| T: Grant Maroun| CD

2/1

C&D winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. 9/4, career best when winning 8-runner minor event at Turffontein (8f, good) 5 days ago.

Form: 410251

(7)

War Reporter¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Calvin Habib| T: Sean Tarry| BF| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Winner here in March. 3/1, good second of 8 in minor event at Turffontein (9f, good) 18 days ago.

Form: 518542

(2)

Laughing William^b¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lerena| T: Candice Dawson| C| D

7/1

Course winner. Excellent second of 9 in minor event (8/1) at Turffontein (7f, good) 18 days ago.

Form: 957702

(4)

Trident King^b¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Trent Mayhew⁽³⁾| T: David Nieuwenhuizen| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 33/1 and blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 38-7459

(5)

Panning Gold^b¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: C Maujean| T: Alson Ndzilana

28/1

Respectable third of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (9.9f, good, 8/1) 12 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 786973

(10)

Guy Alexander¹⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Mxolisi Mbuto⁽⁹⁾| T: Corrie Lensley| C

28/1

Course winner. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap (33/1) at Turffontein (11.9f, good to soft). Off 150 days. Significantly back down in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 13-8480

(3)

Copper Eagle³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robyn Klaasen

11/8

1 win from 1 run this year. 20/1, won 10-runner minor event at Turffontein (7f, good) 31 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Difficult to oppose.

Form: 1

(8)

Tommy Shelby²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Gates| T: Fabian Habib| C

9/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at this course (7f, good, 6/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 7941

(9)

Vava Vegas^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Brevan Plaatjies⁽³⁾| T: Jannie Borman| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Ninth of 13 in handicap (66/1) at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 12 days ago. Back down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 456089

(6)

Carnelo¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Shaylen Naidoo| C| D

28/1

Course winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 12 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 053680

Forecasts

Copper Eagle (11/8), Unsolved Riddle (2/1), Laughing William (7/1), Tommy Shelby (9/1), War Reporter (9/1), Trident King (16/1), Vava Vegas (16/1), Carnelo (28/1), Guy Alexander (28/1), Panning Gold (28/1)

TOMMY SHELBY should make a bold show. Copper Eagle may be the one for second, while Unsolved Riddle isn't out of it either.