11:10 Vaal

Thursday 11 December 2025

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Tab 4racing App Mr 66 Apprentice Handicap(open)

Off time: 11:10 | Winning time: 1m 50.98s

(4)

Sky Pillar Rock¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Savanna Valjalo⁽⁹⁾| T: Robyn Klaasen| C

5/4

Course winner. 16/1, creditable third of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Booking of Valjalo a plus.

Form: 863253-

(1)

Hopscotch^b1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Damyan Pillay⁽⁶⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

13/2

Winner at Turffontein in July. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good to soft, 8/1) 21 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 231884-

(5)

Flag Bearer^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Bavish Soodoo⁽⁹⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

4/1

4-time course winner. 25/2, creditable 5¼ lengths fifth of 13 to Commander of All in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Booking of Soodoo a plus.

Form: 969205-

(2)

Fushimi Inari³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Blaine Marx-jacobson⁽⁹⁾| T: Chris Jonker| C

16/1

Course winner. One win from 21 Flat runs. Eighth of 9 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (soft) 30 days ago. First run for yard after leaving S. T. Pettigrew. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 75/7008-

(10)

Commander Of All²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁶⁾| T: Brett Webber| C

5/1

8/1, much improved when winning 13-runner handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 343551-

(3)

Bob Lee Swagger^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Trent Mayhew| T: Craig Mayhew

25/1

40/1, 10¼ lengths twelfth of 13 to Commander of All in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 812890-

(7)

Crepuscolo²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Mxolisi Mbuto⁽⁶⁾| T: Fabian Habib| C

5/1

Course winner. 25/1, 6¾ lengths eighth of 13 to Commander of All in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 460378-

(8)

Gold De Grace^b⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Chris Jonker| C

50/1

Course winner. One win from 36 Flat runs. 100/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at this course (9.9f, soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 508970-

(6)

Viva De Janeiro^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-5| J: Eduan Muller⁽⁹⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Twenty one runs since last win in 2024. 66/1, 9¼ lengths tenth of 13 to Commander of All in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 627880-

Non-Runners

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Circle Of Grace²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: Corne Spies J: Girish Dookhit

Forecasts

Sky Pillar Rock (5/4), Flag Bearer (4/1), Crepuscolo (5/1), Commander Of All (5/1), Circle Of Grace (6/1), Hopscotch (13/2), Fushimi Inari (16/1), Viva De Janeiro (22/1), Bob Lee Swagger (25/1), Gold De Grace (50/1)

HOPSCOTCH dispelled a couple of lesser efforts when fourth over further here 3 weeks ago and she's of interest having slipped further in the weights. Sky Pillar Rock is second choice, while Commander Of All is in the running for a share of the minor money.