14:05 Vaal

Thursday 5 February 2026

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For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 Mr 76 Handicap

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 1m 27.99s

(11)

King Of Numbers^b1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Brett Webber| D

40/1

Last of 8 in minor event at this course (6f, good, 40/1) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 73809-8

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(8)

Never Never Land²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Stuart Pettigrew| CD

5/6

Evens, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at this course (6f, good) 28 days ago. Back up in trip. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 2156-1

(2)

Longsword³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Craig Zackey| T: Sean Tarry| D

5/1

Course winner. 20/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 37 days ago.

Form: 855644-

(4)

Monkey Puzzle⁵¹

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

9/2

Winner at Turffontein in October. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good, 7/2) 51 days ago.

Form: 222126-

(3)

Dondoyaki^b⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

10/1

Course winner. Winner here in November. 9/2, creditable 3½ lengths fifth of 10 to Libeccio in handicap at this course (8f, good) 9 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 29712-5

(7)

Gulf Of America³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Ryan Munger| T: Sean Tarry

11/1

Didn't need to improve to win 6-runner maiden at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 67/100) 33 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 284-1

(10)

Kotinos¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Roy Magner| C| D

10/1

Course winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2023. Excellent second of 15 in handicap (16/1) at this course (6f, good) 19 days ago. Back up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 66250-2

(6)

Libeccio^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Tyrone Zackey| C| D

16/1

25/2, won 10-runner handicap at this course (8f, good) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 62965-1

Non-Runners

(1)

Unsolved Riddle⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: Grant Maroun J: Jacey Botes

(9)

Peregrine Falcon¹²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: Paul Matchett J: Calvin Habib

(5)

Winds Of Grace⁴⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Mike Azzie J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Never Never Land (5/6), Monkey Puzzle (9/2), Longsword (5/1), Peregrine Falcon (5/1), Kotinos (10/1), Dondoyaki (10/1), Unsolved Riddle (10/1), Gulf Of America (11/1), Libeccio (16/1), King Of Numbers (40/1)

NEVER NEVER LAND can win again in an open contest. Monkey Puzzle is most likely the biggest danger, while Kotinos deserves respect as well.