15:10 Durbanville

Saturday 26 September 2026

All11:3712:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:20

Matchem Stakes (Grade 3)

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 1m 24.05s

(1)

Cafe Culture^b⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Callan Murray| T: Lucinda Woodruff| C| D

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Kenilworth in April. 33/1, creditable 3¾ lengths sixth of 12 to Buffalo Storm Cody in Gr 1 at Greyville (6f, good) 62 days ago.

Form: 081276-

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(3)

La Pulga⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S Veale| T: Candice Bass| D

16/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Kenilworth in May. 4/1, 4¼ lengths seventh of 11 to Magic Verse in Gr 3 at Greyville (10.9f, good) 84 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 621167-

(4)

Outlaw King⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Craig Zackey| T: Dean Kannemeyer| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 7¼ lengths twelfth of 14 to Jet Force in Gr 3 at Greyville (6f, good, 100/1) 84 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 1/33900-

(5)

Legal Counsel⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: K De Melo| T: Justin Snaith| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 7/1, 3½ lengths fifth of 8 to Eight On Eighteen in Gr 1 at Greyville (9f, good) 62 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 254205-

(6)

Gold Giboski⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: J V'd Merwe| T: Justin Snaith| C| D

14/1

Course winner. Latest win here in July. 4/1, very good 1¾ lengths second of 5 to Zinovi in listed race at Fairview (8f) 43 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 352112-

(7)

Jet Force⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Grant Van Niekerk| T: Des McLachlan| CD

4/7

C&D winner. 4 wins from 8 runs this year. Latest win at Greyville in July. Very good length second of 12 to Buffalo Storm Cody in Gr 1 (7/2) at Greyville (6f, good) 62 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 117712-

(9)

Chasingtherainbow⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robert Barrett| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 4 runs this year. Career best when winning 5-runner minor event at Kenilworth (8f, good to soft, 91/100). Off 97 days.

Form: 18/7111-

(10)

Magma Flow¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 7-12| J: Dezahn Louw⁽³⁾| T: Piet Botha

80/1

Winner at Kenilworth in April. Bit below form sixth of 11 in minor event at this course (5f, good to soft, 66/1) 10 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 813656-

Non-Runners

(2)

O'tenikwa⁶²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: Willem Nel J: M Yeni

(8)

Sugar Mountain⁴²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 8

T: Candice Bass J: A Domeyer

Forecasts

Jet Force (4/7), Legal Counsel (10/3), Sugar Mountain (6/1), Gold Giboski (14/1), Cafe Culture (14/1), Chasingtherainbow (14/1), O'tenikwa (14/1), La Pulga (16/1), Outlaw King (33/1), Magma Flow (80/1)

GOLD GIBOSKI improved considerably last time and is going to be hard to reel in. Jet Force is the pick of the remainder, while Sugar Mountain is in the running for a share of the minor money.