14:10 Vaal

Thursday 13 August 2026

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Racing240 Mr 74 Handicap

3YO plus | 4f 214y | 8 Runners | Turf

(2)

Var Park¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁶⁾| T: Grant Maroun| CD

3-time C&D winner. Fourth of 5 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 40/1) 12 days ago. Given a chance by the assessor.

Form: 11/9674-

(8)

Trompe L'oeil¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: G Lerena| T: Xander/cor Spies| CD

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner here in July. First run since leaving C. Spies when second of 6 in handicap at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 9/4) 12 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 12-

(3)

Hammer Blow¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Blaine Marx-jacobson⁽³⁾| T: Roy Magner| CD

C&D winner. Winner here in May. 7/2, good third of 7 in handicap at this C&D (good) 14 days ago.

Form: 421323-

(4)

Ice Dragon¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Grant Maroun| C

Course winner. Very good second of 5 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good, 15/2) 12 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 000/772-

(5)

Angel's Oasis⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Callan Murray| T: Mike/mathe Kock| BF| D

Latest win at Turffontein in April. Good second of 10 in handicap at this course (6f, good, 9/4) 77 days ago.

Form: 8/44212-

(6)

Lonely As A Cloud^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Divesh Ramkhalawon⁽⁹⁾| T: Candice/ta Dawson| D

9/4, third of 5 in handicap at Turffontein (5f, good) 12 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 523833-

(1)

Sergeant Soqrat^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Craig Zackey| T: Xander/cor Spies| BF

One win from 31 Flat runs. Eighteen runs since last win in 2025. 9/4, first run since leaving C. Spies when very good second of 6 in handicap at this C&D (good) 7 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 648042-

Non-Runners

(7)

Oriental Bouquet⁷

Weight: 8-3| Age: 6

T: Grant Maroun J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Trompe L'oeil (3/1), Hammer Blow (3/1), Angel's Oasis (5/1), Ice Dragon (5/1), Lonely As A Cloud (13/2), Sergeant Soqrat (15/2), Var Park (14/1), Oriental Bouquet (25/1)

SERGEANT SOQRAT produced his best effort for a while when second over C&D last week and a repeat of that may well see him go one place better. Trompe L'oeil can also play a significant role, while Hammer Blow is the third candidate.