12:00 Vaal

Thursday 8 January 2026

All10:1510:5011:2512:0012:3513:1513:5014:2514:50

Racing240 Maiden Plate

Off time: 12:02 | Winning time: 1m 48.97s

(5)

Naretoi^b³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: James Crawford

2/1

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 10/1, second of 13 in maiden at this C&D (soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 638322-

(14)

Inclusion¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Tyrone Zackey

33/1

33/1, seventh of 10 in maiden at this course (8f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 8/4827-

(1)

Gift Of Royal²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Brett Webber

80/1

Remains a maiden after 22 Flat runs. 125/1, eighth of 11 in maiden at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 553678-

(7)

Cuzzie^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Gates| T: Brett Webber

80/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Fifth of 10 in maiden at this course (11.9f, good, 40/1) 21 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 627775-

(15)

Anonymous²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Denis Schwarz| T: Kobus Roux

100/1

40/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 12 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 096900-

(4)

Blue Crystal^b²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: L Nhlapo| T: Phillip Labuschagne

100/1

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 125/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 11 in maiden at this course (8f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 075499-

(9)

World Order³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

10/1

Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. 14/1, eighth of 13 in maiden at this C&D (soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 232558-

(6)

Emerald City²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ryan Munger| T: Roy Magner

5/1

Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. 3/1, second of 10 in maiden at this course (11.9f, good) 21 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 845622-

(10)

Thoonsil⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Mano Pandaram

11/2

8/1, third of 11 in maiden at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 72 days ago.

Form: 353-

(11)

Elusive Charm^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Blaine Marx-jacobson⁽⁹⁾| T: Chris Jonker

100/1

Remains a maiden after 11 Flat runs. Eighth of 10 in maiden at this course (11.9f, good, 16/1) 21 days ago. Back down in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 465508-

(8)

King Of Silk³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Trent Mayhew| T: Corne Spies

100/1

Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. 66/1, ninth of 13 in maiden at this C&D (soft) 35 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 585769-

(13)

Elusive Glow²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lerena| T: Fabian Habib

10/1

Sixth of 11 in maiden at this course (8f, good, 125/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 96-

(3)

Special Al³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K De Melo| T: Mike/mathe Kock

8/1

Eighth of 13 in maiden at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 5/1) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 8-

(2)

War Talk³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Craig Zackey| T: Sean Tarry

9/4

Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Second of 9 in maiden at Turffontein (9f, soft) 37 days ago. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 656642-

Non-Runners

(12)

Jaffa⁷

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: Alec Laird J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Naretoi (2/1), War Talk (9/4), Emerald City (5/1), Thoonsil (11/2), Special Al (8/1), World Order (10/1), Elusive Glow (10/1), Inclusion (33/1), Gift Of Royal (80/1), Cuzzie (80/1), Anonymous (100/1), Blue Crystal (100/1), Elusive Charm (100/1), King Of Silk (100/1)

JAFFA isn't easy to oppose on the form he has shown and is going to be tough to beat. War Talk could emerge as the main danger, while Elusive Glow has a good shout of a share of the minor money.