13:45 Vaal

Thursday 7 August 2025

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Racing Today Fm 80 Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 1m 11.04s

(9)

Global Thunder¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Mxolisi Mbuto⁽⁹⁾| T: Corrie Lensley| CD

11/4

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at this course (5f, good, 3/1) 14 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 602611

(1)

Boom Boom^b⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Craig Zackey| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

17/2

C&D winner. 8/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 40 days ago.

Form: 492827-

(8)

Hotaru³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Robyn Klaasen| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Winner here in June. 7 lengths twelfth of 14 to Anotherdanceforme in Gr 2 (66/1) at Greyville (7f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 656210-

(3)

The Navy Lark^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Jaap Visser| C

12/1

4-time course winner. 10/1, good 2¼ lengths third of 9 to Time For Charity in handicap at this course (5f, good) 7 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 608443

(6)

Valieva⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: S Khumalo| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 3/1, didn't need to improve to win 8-runner minor event at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 5 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 273631-

(4)

Royal Horizon³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Heinrich Westhuizen| C

15/2

9/2, improved on recent efforts to win 14-runner handicap at this course (7f, good) 35 days ago.

Form: 0/84651-

(5)

Sheets And Goggles¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁹⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

9/2

Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap (9/2) at this course (7.2f, good) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 578756-

(7)

Time For Charity^b⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| C| D

8/1

Won 9-runner handicap (11/2) at this course (5f, good) 7 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 856921

(2)

Si Veloce^b⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Wilmien Fourie⁽⁹⁾| T: Jaap Visser

100/1

One win from 28 Flat runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2023. 66/1, last of 12 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 40 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 000980-

Forecasts

Global Thunder (11/4), Valieva (11/4), Sheets And Goggles (9/2), Hotaru (13/2), Royal Horizon (15/2), Time For Charity (8/1), Boom Boom (17/2), The Navy Lark (12/1), Si Veloce (100/1)

HOTARU can take this. Sheets And Goggles could be the biggest competition, while Royal Horizon merits respect as well.