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Thursday 5 March 2026

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Tab Telebet 0861 000 822 Mr 99 Open Handicap (3 Year Olds)

3YO only | 5f 212y | Good | 5 Runners | Turf | Weighed In

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 1m 10.52s

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(6)

Horse silk

Palace Prince¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: M Yeni| T: D Gray St John| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 13 runs last year. Latest win at Turffontein in November. 10/1, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 5164-85

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2

(3)

Horse silk

Titan Of The Turf²²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Craig Zackey| T: Tony Peter| D

3/1

One win from 2 runs last year. ½-length third of 11 to Zalatoris in Gr 2 (4/1) at Greyville (6f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes handicap debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 13-

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4

(1)

Horse silk

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ryan Munger| T: Sean Tarry| D

8/11

Course winner. Two wins from 3 runs last year. 5/2, career best when winning 7-runner minor event at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 21 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 113-1

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5

(2)

Horse silk

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 10/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 92-2121

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6

(5)

Horse silk

Blushing Bloom²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: K De Melo| T: Johan J Vuuren| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 33/1, good fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good) 23 days ago.

Form: 42125-5

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Non-Runners

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(4)

Horse silk

Whispering Death⁵³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Mike/mathe Kock J: Callan Murray

NR

Forecasts

Speedman (8/11), Titan Of The Turf (3/1), Stoneywood (4/1), Palace Prince (12/1), Whispering Death (16/1), Blushing Bloom (20/1)

SPEEDMAN can win again. Stoneywood looks the likeliest to finish second, while Blushing Bloom may be the one for third.

Prize Money

1st: R65,312.002nd: R20,907.003rd: R10,442.004th: R5,233.005th: R2,616.00

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