12:10 Turffontein

Thursday 30 October 2025

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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Mr 95 Handicap

Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 2m 5.47s

(4)

The Ultimate King²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Tony Peter| BF| CD

9/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year. Latest win here in July. Bit below form fifth of 9 in minor event (13/10) at Vaal (9f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 211125-

(11)

Hawkbill²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in June. Respectable second of 9 in minor event at Vaal (9f, good, 10/1) 28 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 021432-

(9)

Battleground¹²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| C

80/1

4-time course winner. 75/1, 12¼ lengths ninth of 12 to Hawkbill in minor event at this C&D (good). Off 129 days. Must improve.

Form: 386809-

(2)

Flashy Apache^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Tyrone Zackey| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Twenty three runs since last win in 2022. 100/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good) 21 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 2/02087-

(5)

Pumpkin Pie⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Serino Moodley| T: Candice Dawson| BF| C

5/4

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win here in May. 18/10, bit below form fourth of 10 in minor event at this course (8f, good) 40 days ago. Up in trip. Has good chance on form.

Form: 211454-

(1)

Mount Darwin²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Stuart Pettigrew| C

11/2

Course winner. 8/1, bit below form third of 11 in handicap at Vaal (8f, good) 21 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 227243-

(8)

Kudzu⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: S Khumalo| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Respectable third of 9 in minor event (10/1) at this course (8f, good) 40 days ago. Up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2/21643-

(6)

Eiger Sanction¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: D Gray St John| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Didn't need to be at best when winning 9-runner handicap (7/1) at Vaal (9.9f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 636251-

(3)

Read All About It²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: M Yeni| T: Mike/mathe Kock| C

5/1

Course winner. 8/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (8f, good) 26 days ago. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 163337-

Non-Runners

(10)

Infinite Wonder²¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 8

T: Mano Pandaram J: Non Runner

(7)

To The Rescue²¹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 5

T: Sean Tarry J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Pumpkin Pie (5/4), The Ultimate King (9/2), Read All About It (5/1), Mount Darwin (11/2), Kudzu (15/2), Hawkbill (8/1), Eiger Sanction (18/1), Infinite Wonder (25/1), Flashy Apache (33/1), To The Rescue (50/1), Battleground (80/1)

PUMPKIN PIE continues to steadily go the right way and looks to hold sound claims of resuming winning ways. Eiger Sanction has the best credentials of the remainder, while Read All About It fancied to fill third spot.