15:40 Vaal

Thursday 30 July 2026

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Thursday 6 August Mr 74 Handicap

Off time: 15:41 | Winning time: 1m 26.31s

(13)

Jabari Thimba³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callan Murray| T: Johan J Vuuren| D

14/1

Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good, 16/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 9-48684

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(3)

Satyagraha⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: K De Melo| T: Sean Tarry| D

15/8

4/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 9 days ago. Booking of De Melo a plus.

Form: 744753

(12)

Snow Moon¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Mano Pandaram| D

18/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. 14/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 4-51641

(2)

Lady Elliot⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: G Lerena| T: Alec Laird| D

9/2

C&D winner. 6/1, good third of 14 in handicap at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 56 days ago.

Form: 266283

(9)

Pretty Analia¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: C Maujean| T: Brett Webber| C

16/1

Course winner. Latest win here in June. Good 1¾ lengths third of 10 to Pearl In Her Crown in handicap (25/1) at Turffontein (8f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 107103

(11)

Elusive Red³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Craig Zackey| T: Roy Magner| D

11/4

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good, 15/2) 33 days ago.

Form: 645369

(5)

Prized Platinum²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Calvin Habib| T: Clinton Binda| CD

16/1

Course winner. Good 4¾ lengths fifth of 15 to Can't Catch Me in handicap (33/1) at this course (7.4f, good) 28 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 004005

(17)

Shori Kai²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Kyle Strydom| T: Armand & Leon Lotz| D

40/1

16/1, eighth of 12 in minor event at Fairview (6f) 27 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 037488

(14)

Dear Doc⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁶⁾| T: Alson Ndzilana| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 33/10, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 9 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 436933

(15)

Baby Red³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Jarryd Penny| T: Heinrich Westhuizen| CD

66/1

33/1, career best when winning 7-runner maiden at this course (7.4f, good) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 066401

(7)

Can't Catch Me¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: Jeffrey Syster| T: Brett Webber| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 10/1, creditable 1½ lengths second of 10 to Pearl In Her Crown in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 877812

(4)

On A Jet Plane^b⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-3| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: D Gray St John| D

40/1

Seventh of 12 in minor event at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 50/1) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 7-00907

(6)

Pearl In Her Crown¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Girish Samo-burthia| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 15/2, won 10-runner handicap at Turffontein (8f, good) 14 days ago by 1½ lengths from Can't Catch Me. RESERVE.

Form: 787921

Non-Runners

(16)

Shoreybomba⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: James Crawford J: Non Runner

(8)

Eiffel Tower¹²¹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: D Gray St John J: Blaine Marx-jacobson

(10)

Space Mission¹⁹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: Sean Tarry J: Reserve 2

(1)

Golden Warrior⁴⁶

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: Alson Ndzilana J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Satyagraha (15/8), Elusive Red (11/4), Lady Elliot (9/2), Dear Doc (7/1), Jabari Thimba (14/1), Pretty Analia (16/1), Prized Platinum (16/1), Snow Moon (18/1), Can't Catch Me (18/1), Pearl In Her Crown (18/1), Eiffel Tower (20/1), On A Jet Plane (40/1), Shori Kai (40/1), Baby Red (66/1)

DEAR DOC is difficult to oppose on what he has shown and will prove hard to beat. Elusive Red rates next best, while Shoreybomba can win the battle for minor honours.