12:40 Vaal

Thursday 9 October 2025

All10:5511:3012:0512:4013:1513:5514:3015:0515:40

Racing240 Fm 93 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 12:41 | Winning time: 1m 9.67s

(7)

Miss Lia⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Calvin Habib| T: Paul Matchett| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 9 in handicap (9/2) at this course (7.2f, good) 70 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 121/306-

(9)

Francilien²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| BF| CD

6/5

C&D winner. Good ½-length second of 8 to Komati River in handicap at this C&D (good, 9/4) 21 days ago.

Form: 144/422-

(10)

Kindred Heart¹²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Callan Murray| T: James Crawford| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Latest win at Turffontein in March. First run since leaving B/J Crawford when tenth of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 10/1). Off 128 days. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 553130-

(5)

Komati River²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Girish Samo-burthia⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Peter| CD

5/2

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (7/2) at this C&D (good) 21 days ago by ½ length from Francilien. Getting better with each recent run.

Form: 285851-

(6)

Bosum Buddy²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Rachel Venniker⁽³⁾| T: Paul Matchett| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2024. 25/1, respectable 3¾ lengths third of 8 to Komati River in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 333783-

(1)

Flight Of A Condor⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Trent Mayhew⁽³⁾| T: Dianne Stenger| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 8 runs this year. Latest win here in June. 7/2, creditable second of 6 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 89 days ago.

Form: 551812-

(8)

Limerick Lace¹²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Mike/mathe Kock| D

10/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Turffontein in May. Last of 6 in minor event (28/10) at Turffontein (7f, good). Off 123 days. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 16-

(4)

Take Your Place^b⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Billy Ruiters

25/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. 66/1 and blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving S. J. Gray when fourth of 5 in handicap at Turffontein (6f, good) 53 days ago.

Form: 2/62304-

Non-Runners

(3)

Let's Go Lola⁷⁴

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: Paul Matchett J: Philasande Mxoli

(2)

Way To Burn¹¹

Weight: 8-3| Age: 4

T: Paul Matchett J: Malesela Katjedi

Forecasts

Francilien (6/5), Komati River (5/2), Flight Of A Condor (13/2), Miss Lia (9/1), Limerick Lace (10/1), Bosum Buddy (10/1), Let's Go Lola (14/1), Kindred Heart (20/1), Take Your Place (25/1), Way To Burn (66/1)

FRANCILIEN couldn't win when favourite last time out, but still appeals as the most obvious winner here. Limerick Lace is fancied to follow the selection home, while Let's Go Lola shouldn't be far away either.