14:20 Vaal

Tuesday 10 February 2026

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Racing240 Mr 72 Handicap

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 1m 50.13s

(1)

Storm Ahead^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

9/2

Latest win at Turffontein in December. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good, 25/2) 12 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2191-65

(11)

Redlightgreenlight¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: G Lerena| T: Tony Peter| C

4/1

Course winner. Winner here in August. 25/2 and blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving P. F. Matchett when fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 14 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 32316-5

(4)

Unsolved Riddle¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁶⁾| T: Grant Maroun| C

14/1

Course winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 7/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 4465-56

(3)

Naretoi³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: James Crawford| CD

7/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 14-runner maiden at this C&D (good, 28/10) 33 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Has work to do.

Form: 38322-1

(2)

Force Publique²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis

15/8

Course winner. Winner here in December. Sixth of 9 in handicap at this course (8.4f, good, 6/1) 24 days ago.

Form: 56312-6

(6)

Peace Treaty⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Craig Zackey| T: Sean Tarry| BF

10/1

Form: 257-240

(9)

Step Into It^b²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Mickaelle Michel⁽³⁾| T: Mike/mathe Kock

25/1

One win from 3 runs last year. Blinkered for 1st time, last of 4 in minor event (25/1) at this course (8.4f, good) 24 days ago. Booking of Michel a plus. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 419-74

(8)

Red Sparrow¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Jason Gates| T: Brett Webber| C

28/1

Course winner. Seventh of 10 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good) 19 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 0775-37

(10)

Blurred Vision^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: Ryan Munger| T: D Gray St John| C

22/1

Course winner. One win from 29 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2025. Fourth of 10 in handicap (16/1) at this course (8f, good) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4807-04

(7)

Circle Of Grace⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: L Nhlapo| T: Corne Spies| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Thirty five runs since last win in 2024. Fourth of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Turffontein (9f, good) 9 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Others have achieved more.

Form: 6946-64

(12)

Gold De Grace^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Chris Jonker| C

40/1

Course winner. One win from 39 Flat runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2025. 33/1, eighth of 9 in minor event at this course (11.9f, good) 17 days ago. Back down in trip. Has good chance on form.

Form: 7067-78

Non-Runners

(5)

Jaffa¹⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Alec Laird J: Calvin Habib

Forecasts

Force Publique (15/8), Jaffa (3/1), Naretoi (7/2), Redlightgreenlight (4/1), Storm Ahead (9/2), Peace Treaty (10/1), Unsolved Riddle (14/1), Circle Of Grace (16/1), Blurred Vision (22/1), Step Into It (25/1), Red Sparrow (28/1), Gold De Grace (40/1)

This represents a slight drop in class for FORCE PUBLIQUE so he's selected to resume winning ways. Gold de Grace could provide the chief danger, while Storm Ahead might be tough to keep out of the minor places.