12:35 Vaal

Thursday 2 July 2026

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youcanbetonus! Maiden Plate

Off time: 12:36 | Winning time: 1m 52.10s

(8)

Epidaurus^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Warrick/we Marwing

5/1

Remains a maiden after 10 Flat runs. 25/2, second of 7 in maiden at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 076522

(6)

Evening News^b1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: Sean Tarry

4/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 7 in maiden (11/2) at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 21 days ago. Booking of De Melo a plus.

Form: 853

(3)

Eratosthenes^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Kyle Strydom| T: Phillip Labuschagne

15/2

Third of 8 in maiden at this course (8f, good, 25/1) 14 days ago. Booking of Strydom a plus. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 966-3

(1)

Clairwood Breeze²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Blaine Marx-jacobson⁽³⁾| T: Fabian Habib

10/3

Sixth of 8 in maiden (8/1) at Turffontein (8f, good) 28 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 6

(4)

Comic Artist²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Mickaelle Michel⁽³⁾| T: Fabian Habib

16/1

Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. 9/2, fifth of 7 in maiden at Turffontein (9.9f, good) 21 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 523445

(5)

Cover Charge³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Callan Murray| T: Corne Spies

2/1

17/2, 3½ lengths fifth of 8 to Knowmore in maiden at Turffontein (8f, good) 3 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Has good chance on form.

Form: 359325

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(2)

Knowmore³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Alec Laird J: Non Runner

(7)

Heroic Act²¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Tyrone Zackey J: Craig Zackey

Forecasts

Cover Charge (2/1), Knowmore (3/1), Clairwood Breeze (10/3), Evening News (4/1), Epidaurus (5/1), Heroic Act (13/2), Eratosthenes (15/2), Comic Artist (16/1)

COVER CHARGE looks marginally the pick in this field. Epidaurus requires a closer look, while Evening News could feature also.