13:55 Vaal

Thursday 28 August 2025

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:45

Racing240 Fm 86 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 57.34s

(5)

Global Thunder²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Calvin Habib| T: Corrie Lensley| BF| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 28/10, very good second of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 026112-

(7)

Virginia Beach³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Chad Little| T: Tony Peter| C| D

22/1

Course winner. 4 lengths fifth of 8 to Global Thunder in handicap at this C&D (good, 33/1) 35 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 64/6905-

(2)

Faithful Neo¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Callan Murray| T: Tony Peter| CD

13/8

18/10, career best when winning 7-runner minor event at this C&D (good) 14 days ago.

Form: 954141-

(6)

Arilena^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Gates| T: Mano Pandaram| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in April. Seventh of 10 in handicap (5/2) at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.

Form: 639137-

(4)

Neerah^b¹⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. 16/1, bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good). Off 109 days. First run for yard after leaving B. D. Botes. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 5621/15-

(8)

Valieva²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Serino Moodley| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| BF| C

10/3

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in August. 28/10, sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 736316-

Non-Runners

(3)

Just The Two Of Us¹⁰³

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: Mike/Adam Azzie J: Non Runner

(1)

Clairwood Rose⁵

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: Paul Matchett J: Kaidan Brewer

Forecasts

Faithful Neo (13/8), Global Thunder (11/4), Valieva (10/3), Just The Two Of Us (4/1), Arilena (9/2), Clairwood Rose (10/1), Neerah (12/1), Virginia Beach (22/1)

CLAIRWOOD ROSE is quite a confident pick. Global Thunder is not one to underestimate all the same, while Arilena looks best of the others.