The Vaal Thursday

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Race 1: Amazing Tune x Crank It Up x Kwikstix x El Patron

Race 2: Britannia Queen x Oona x Blackfyre x Set and Match

Race 3: Irish Dance x Bat Orchid x Jesse McGee x Sea Like Glass

Race 4: Tikki Taka x Airman x Eppagilia x Petersham

Race 5: Snorting Bull x Storm Outgoing x The Litigator x Highlander

Race 7: Profit Ratio

Race 8: Movie Award x Senecca Falls x Pink x Kapama

Race 1

Johan van Vuuren

No 4 Crank It Up - Will need the run and further

Grant Maroun

No 6 Kildonan's Rose - Will need the run

No 7 Kwikstix - Will need the run

Barend Botes

No 8 Semper Fi - Will need the run

Chris Jonker

No 10 Surfer Dude - Might be short but expect a good run

Fabian Habib

No 2 Amazing Tune - His last run is best ignored. Although he is in a competitive field, he has an each way chance

Race 2

Sean Tarry

No 4 Bloodline - May need further

Brett Webber

No 1 Britannia Queen - Should go close if she can overcome her wide draw

No 5 Pucker Up - Hoping for improvement

No 9 Set And Match - Will need the run

Ashley/Andrew Fortune

No 3 Miss Samurai - She's been disappointing up to now and we're just hoping she can run in the placings

Race 3

Heather Adamson

No 6 Sea Like Glass - She's well and doing nicely at home but needs to bring her track work to the race

Ashley/Andrew Fortune

No 2 Aziri Sun - Is probably our best runner on the day and has an each way chance if she stays the 1600 meters

No 10 Black Tie - She's badly drawn and needs to show improvement

Dianne Stenger

No 13 Irish Dame - She's doing nicely at home.

Race 4

Ashley/Andrew Fortune

No 8 Airman - Improved last time and we're hoping for more improvement

Dianne Stenger

No 15 Star Over Capetown - Will need the run

Brett Webber

No 2 Bahama Star - Poor draw and will need the run

Race 5

Gary Alexander

No 1 Top Shot - He takes on a competitive field but has an each way shout

Joe Soma

No 11 The Bees Knees - Unfortunately due to the sex allowance rule she cannot claim her full allowance due to the minimum weight allocation but she could still place with this light weight

Brett Webber

No 7 Western Dance - In good form, expecting her to go close

Race 6

Gary Alexander

No 12 Pretty Popular - Has her second run after a long break and will find this trip too sharp

Race 7

Joe Soma

No 7 Responsible - He disappointed last time out but I'm expecting him to be competitive in this filed.

Race 8

Heather Adamson

No 9 Seneca Falls - She's a game filly but has a tough ask from her wide draw

Steven Lerena

No 2 Samarra - She's fit and well and should run a good race

Brett Webber

No 10 Kapama - Her work at home is good. She needs to reproduce it on the course

Race 9

Steven Moffatt

No 11 Beautiful Shay - Will need the run

Ashley/Andrew Fortune

No 16 Cohiba Allday - Needs to improve

No 5 Tsitsikama Bush - Has a place chance in this field

Fabian Habib

No 13 Waqaas - He's drawn very wide but is extremely well and could get into the places

Erico Verdonese

No 6 Eurostorm - He should enjoy the extra distance here and can be competitive

No 15 Revelation - Needs to improve a bit and is also not favourably drawn

Joe Soma

No 12 Tendre - Went far too quickly in the early stages of the race last time and consequently compounded.He is a nice one to include in the quartets

Seems a bit of a punter-friendly card

R2: Stellar Motion looks a bit of a pointer against these

R3: More open, juvenile Bat Orchid has run well at this track from a bad draw - should be right there from pole position; Gavin takes the ride on Anagram who is a likely improver; Aziri Sun has had a few chances, but should feature again, while 4 yr old Charmz Luck has her 2nd run after a long break, but has nice draw and also can't be ignored

R4: Madida the one to beat; Sell High and Tunneloflove to chase her home

R5: Middle Stakes but even on official ratings not too much between them; Top Shot certainly overdue, but has to give most of the field lumps of weight; Western Dance in form and definite chance, while Meeraas has scope to improve more; Factor Fifty looks very capable and could prove the one to beat if she gets the 2400; Kurt's Approval tries 2400 again - small chance imo

R6: This looks a tough little handicap; Lily Starlette won nicely on the weekend, but has not shone at this track; Claremorris often thereabouts, has placed this track and trip, so chance from a good draw; many of the others need to overcome wide draws, but an upset not impossible imo

R7: Promise has the form, but tries this track for the first time and faces males; main danger imo is Changing Seasons who has come down in the ratings a bit and jumps from pole position; Archilles has breathing issues, but could feature at best

R8: Florida Quays in top form and again will have every chance from pole position; does face a bit stronger though, so I expect Samarra and Pink to make her run

R9: Competitve handicap to close; I fancy a bit of Festive Linngari at the odds; Eurostorm, Corrido, Tsitsikamma Bush and Marshall Foch all have claims though

Enjoy

Money all wrong in the first.
No excuses for the favorite but that could be the shortest horse De Gouveia has ridden in his career.
Lerena is a brilliant judge of pace.

5 El Patron 1.65 1.25 0.95 0.75 0.73 0.75 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.75 0.65 0.55
Not sure what the limits are with our bookies,but is that more than R10 000 bet in total?

RACE 2

BOTH STUART PETTIGREW RUNNERS TO FINISH IN THE MONEY

Ven VAA RC 2 BP 8,10/2,3/7,11/5,7/5,7,8/1,3,5

Race 3

Heather Adamson

No 6 Sea Like Glass - She's well and doing nicely at home but needs to bring her track work to the race

(Win)

Should go fast upfront,to set pace.. hopefully will just hold on!!

If you go 8runs back over C/D from draw 11 finished in 5th place 3.05 lengths of the winner

9runs back over c/d finished in 3rd place...1.05lengths of the winner BIZE!!

IF REPEATS THAT RUN...RACE OVER

VAAL RACE 4 PIC 6:

7, 11, 16 / 4 - 5, 7 - 8 / 3 - 8, 13 / 3, 5, 7, 9 / 1, 5 / 3, 5 - 6, 9 - 11, 13, 15, 17

Race4 - exactas - 7 x 8,10,13,14


ps, it wouldnt suprise me should one of the 4 (8,10,13,14) show massive improvement and edge out the hottie....

Good spot biggie.
Close but R8-30 a place nothing wrong.