Vaal Sand Thursday 19/9/13

I will be doing one of my outings and will be racing at the lounge today-is Bloodshot still in Durban or am I going to have to share his Vodka today?
Blood,please tell me where you are today!

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> Bravery is one of my strong points but going with
> Crown Heights is reckless ?
> Compare his times in his last two to previous


he had a rest so should be fit he has a could cd record but now smanga is not on so still waiting to see which jockey gets the ride...,not so confident anymore

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> record but now smanga is not on so still waiting
> to see which jockey gets the ride...,not so
> confident anymore


Yes you'll must be right.The replacement should give an indication of the trainers view

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Almost certainly Striker

Morning Guys a very interesting card today. Here are my likings:
Race 1 : She's a tiger
Race 2 : Royal taska, Miss K
Race 3 : Noble wind - Should win easy without any disturbances. Keep a eye on Princess faull and Soft sand though.
Race 4 : Translator and Sub Shaawes to follow
Race 5 : Crown heights my roughie for the day- Mr Alfonso to chase
Race 6 : Angel Gabriel watch out for Savannah montana
Race 7 :Enchanted guest
Race 8 : silver specialist look also out for Sugar Ray.
Pa: 2,4 x 1 x 8,9 x 1,2,7 x 2,7,13 x 1,4 8 x 2,3,4,10
P6: 1, 4 x 8,9 x 1,2,6,7 x 1,2,6,7,13 x 1,2,3,4.8.9 x2,3,4,6,10
Idots treble:
She's a tiger x crown heights x angel gabriel

Good luck to all of you and Happy punting!!!!

Gnieman i agree with you, Soft Sand the lurker for me in that 3rd race... Its a pity Sugar Ray didn't get a draw (AGAIN!!) in the last....:X

SCRATCHINGS:

1 17 For Your Eyes Only Lame near fore 08h53 18-SEP-13 K Naidoo
1 13 Merits Conceded Off feed 10h28 18-SEP-13 Debbie
1 2 Royal Mumsie Colic 08h52 18-SEP-13 K Naidoo
2 3 Belle Coco Strained abdominal muscle 07h18 19-SEP-13 Mike Azzie
4 13 Silverado Prince Reserve Runner 08h18 19-SEP-13 System
4 14 Arctic Fox Reserve Runner 08h18 19-SEP-13 System
5 4 Funny Glory swollen n/h leg 07h34 19-SEP-13 Romeo Francis
6 8 Fanzene Coughing 08h45 16-SEP-13 Luchelle Kruger
6 14 Umcebo Reserve Runner 08h18 19-SEP-13 System
7 5 One Of One Coughing 07h50 19-SEP-13 Brian Wiid
8 11 Smart Royal Off Feed 08h00 18-SEP-13 Leon Erasmus
8 1 Solar Energy Insufficient recovery time 07h38 19-SEP-13 Clinton Binda

RESERVE RUNNERS:


JOCKEY CHANGES:

1 18 Constant Melody To Be Ridden By: L Nhlapo 08h57 18-SEP-13 L Erasmus
2 4 Royal Taska To Be Ridden By: R Danielson 09h38 19-SEP-13 Kumaran Naidoo
4 9 Sub Shaawes To Be Ridden By: ............... 14h10 17-SEP-13 System
5 1 Crown Heights To Be Ridden By: * J Mariba 09h03 19-SEP-13 S Tarry
6 13 Savannah Montana To Be Ridden By: S Chambers 08h48 16-SEP-13 Dominic Zaki
6 10 Takaamul To Be Ridden By: R Danielson 09h38 19-SEP-13 Kumaran Naidoo
8 12 Chedwin Park To Be Ridden By: * A Aucharuz (-1.50 kg) 08h05 19-SEP-13 Leon Erasmus

EQUIPMENT CHANGES:

1 1 Conny Bonny Blinkers On 08h57 18-SEP-13 L Erasmus
3 3 Shirla Blinkers On 07h31 19-SEP-13 Stuart Pettigre
3 4 Princess Faull Tongue Ties On 07h53 19-SEP-13 Stephen Moffatt
[5 7 Mr Alfonso Blinkers Off 09h23 15-SEP-13 Lucky Houdalaki
8 4 Divine Invitation Blinkers On 07h31 19-SEP-13 Stuart Pettigre

OWNER/COLOUR CHANGES:

Race 4 No 5 King's Code : Messrs R P Lerena & Anesh Shiba - White, red hoop, armbands and cap (SWE) NHA

OTHER CHANGES:

Not Riding: S Khumalo

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Now that Romeo scratch.
You better get on if you fancy his chances ?

Winning Form & Magic Tips Best Bets - Vaal Sand

Does anyone have a view on his new jockey
And why not Striker Madji ?

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River trip just one for the day.first time on the sand!
Grab it !

The usual mix of some pretty straight-forward looking races mixed up with some real open-looking affairs - thoughts on the PA races:

R2: Not impressed that Belle Coco had to be taken out, Miss K looked great value a 2/1, now I have to live with a 25% deduction; still she seems very hard to oppose and imo is still the best bet by far on the card.

R3: Another favorite who looks really hard to oppose, yes it is her 22nd start, but she has most of the opposition beat on the run behind Royal Taska; only possible improvers could be Princess Faul (but she seems to be lacking early pace) and Soft Sand (who should not mind the surface on breeding, but could be suspect over the distance); Soukous shows pace and could hold on for a place, but really Noble WInd looks hard to beat

R4: Another straight forward looking contest where Sub Shaawes only needs to jump on terms to win this; slight concern is a wide draw and also as I write no jockey has been declared (would be a worry to me if the appy gets the ride); if SS jumps slow again, I think Just a Thought from a nice draw will improve over the 1200 to finish in front of both Royal Stock and Translator - really can't see anything else

R5: More competitve; Mr Alfonso does look the right one from a good draw, but has effectively gone up 9 points in the ratings; should still be able to take that in his stride, has run well over 1200 without the blinkers before behind Cachasa and is my first choice; Funny Glory was my original close 2nd choice, but that's out, so Mr A certainly appeals a little more; most of the others could feature if Mr A fails, so it's either Mr A or the field in the PS and JP.

R6: Now it really gets tough - can make a case for all of these, except perhaps Sols Gold and Jannu (sure needed those couplings for P6 purposes); Bareback and Victory Call look the value at 20/1 and I'd be including both in my PA (in addition to the more 'logical' ones like Passion Pleaser and Angel Gabriel)

R7: Only 8 runners, but still not easy if the 'logical' choice Enchanted Guest gets rolled; EG has taken to the sand, but I can't help but feel that he would prefer 1800, as would be the case for all of Mauri Blue, Muthiah Pillai and Spectroscope imo - in fact were this race over 1800, I would prefer Spectroscope. Still all 4 need to be considered. Boy oh Boy ran a great race behind Pylon in his pinultimate start (as did S in his last start), only to run below that form last week, so hard to know what to expect; if BoB repeats the run behind Pylon, he will win this; Cookie Monster is a bit of an unknown over the 1600 on the sand; my gut feel is that he would prefer shorter, but again not one to be ignored, and even Caryl's Law could upset if returning to the sort of form that saw him winning the Flamingo Mile last year (and he did find some betting support las time)

R8: Another competitve race to close; Sugar Ray is in form and holds Silver Specialist (break a leg, Elvis) on their runs behind King's Joy, but that was over 1800, and although SS has won over 2000, he has not been able to produce his best over 1800 :S- so maybe over the 1600 it could get closer - still hard to see SS make up more than 6 lengths on SR. Not much to chose imo between the Erasmus runners Kudos (wide draw a disadvantage) and Chedwin Park (nicely drawn but may prefer shorter on the sand) - and to make it more confusing Brown takes the ride on the off form Night Embers seemingly in preference to Kudos; only others who could feature imo are Divine Invitation, who tries the blinkers and could surprise if returning to best and maybe First Sugar who gets 4 kg's off his back courtesy of the appy

Enjoy (tu)