14:00 Vaal

Thursday 6 August 2026

All11:4012:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

Racing240 Maiden Plate

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 1m 10.07s

(1)

Wish You Were Here¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Warrick/we Marwing

13/2

Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Third of 6 in maiden at this course (6.5f, good, 17/2) 14 days ago.

Form: 756543-

(4)

Willow Charm^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: D Gray St John

33/1

Remains a maiden after 15 Flat runs. 25/1, fifth of 9 in maiden at this course (5f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 455605-

(6)

Forever Canford²⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Gates| T: D Gray St John

40/1

Seventh of 11 in maiden (150/1) at Turffontein (7f, good). Off 9 months.

Form: 8877/

(2)

Ain't No Sunshine^b¹⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: K De Melo| T: James Crawford

4/1

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 16/1, sixth of 11 in maiden at Kenilworth (8f, good to soft). Off 101 days. Back down in trip. Booking of De Melo a plus.

Form: 955976-

(8)

God's Country^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jeffrey Syster| T: Brett Webber

33/1

Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 66/1, fourth of 9 in maiden at this course (5f, good) 14 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 7/59004-

(9)

Cool Gambler¹⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callan Murray| T: Mike/mathe Kock| BF

11/4

Fifth of 10 in maiden at Turffontein (5.8f, good to soft, 2/1). Off 152 days.

Form: 5-

(10)

Smoking Gun^b²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: M Yeni| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

7/2

100/1, fifth of 9 in minor event at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 26 days ago. Progressing recently.

Form: 885-

(11)

A Roman Twist²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Tony Peter

2/1

Sixth of 9 in minor event (25/1) at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 26 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 6-

(3)

Levitator^b¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Mano Pandaram

33/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. 33/1, last of 10 in maiden at Scottsville (7f, good) 18 days ago.

Form: 073350-

Non-Runners

(5)

Lannyboy¹⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Grant Maroun J: Malesela Katjedi

(7)

Spirit Of The Sea⁴⁰

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: Warrick/we Marwing J: Kyle Strydom

Forecasts

A Roman Twist (2/1), Cool Gambler (11/4), Smoking Gun (7/2), Ain't No Sunshine (4/1), Wish You Were Here (13/2), Spirit Of The Sea (20/1), Willow Charm (33/1), Levitator (33/1), God's Country (33/1), Lannyboy (33/1), Forever Canford (40/1)

A ROMAN TWIST is likely to improve and could be the way to go. Smoking Gun has similar claims, while Cool Gambler also demands a closer look.