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15 May 2025

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 22 May Mr 72 Handicap(Open) Racecard

Channel: SIS
Distance: 5f

Runners: 12
Type: Flat

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(3)

Arilena

J: P Strydom

T: M Pandaram

Course regular who has won three times here; got home in front by a head last month; now competes off a higher mark; can have a big say.

-26391

Age: 6

Weight: 9-12

OR: 77

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
17 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1 b	1/13	Virgin River (hd)	20/1	75	62
20 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-1 b	9/10	Virgin River (13L)	16/1	75	24
6 Mar 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1 b	3/13	Var Park (1L)	16/1	75	52
24 Feb 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-4 b	6/7	Night Vigil (3L)	10/1	76	57
28 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-6 b	2/13	Phantom Express (nk)	5/1	72	50
11 Nov 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-7	4/7	King Of Venus (2¼L)	13/2	72	64

(6)

One Party

J: G Samo-Burthia ⁹

T: F Bronkhorst

Didn't run too badly when out of the frame at Turffontein (beaten 3½l) over 6f (handicap) two weeks ago; one win to her name was achieved a fair way back.

-39203

Age: 3

Weight: 9-7

OR: 76

Days: 18

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
27 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvMdHc	7-10	3/6	Espinoza (3½L)	7/1	77	41
17 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-9	11/14	Flight Of A Condor (18½L)	7/2	77	-
29 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-2	2/11	Blizzard Snow (shd)	20/1	77	-
8 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-3	9/12	Quasikat (6¼L)	33/10	79	40
18 Jan 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-0	3/8	Green Sapphire (2¾L)	28/10	79	47
16 Dec 24	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-2	5/8	Busstopinhounslow (4L)	25/2	80	47

(12)

In The Ether

J: J R Syster

T: G J Maroun

Enhanced C&D record to three wins from 22 in February with a a short head success; now off a higher mark; up in class but in with a shout.

61-481

Age: 6

Weight: 9-5

OR: 71

Days: 79

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Feb 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-2 b	1/9	Take Your Place (shd)	33/10	67	47
30 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1 b	8/9	Var Park (5¾L)	6/1	67	46
16 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f		8-8 b	4/13	Neerah (2¼L)	25/2	67	45
24 Dec 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11 b	1/7	Sakhala Is'Cathulo (½L)	9/2	64	-
28 Nov 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-6 b	6/12	Together Again (3L)	14/1	66	43
5 Nov 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11 b	5/10	Address The Nation (5L)	25/1	68	49

(2)

Wings Of Nike

J: K J Lihaba

T: S M Naidoo

Finished towards the rear of 13 in March; a multiple C&D winner; record when fresh is not entirely persuasive and looks opposable.

618-90

Age: 6

Weight: 9-5

OR: 71

Days: 70

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Mar 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-12	11/13	Var Park (6¾L)	100/1	73	30
30 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-7	9/9	Var Park (9L)	33/1	73	37
22 Jun 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-7	8/8	Chocolate Soldier (28L)	40/1	75	-
17 Apr 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-3	1/11	Duke Of Rock (¾L)	33/1	69	54
30 Mar 24	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-7	6/9	Longsword (8L)	33/1	71	36
25 Feb 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-5	7/10	Law Of Success (6½L)	25/1	72	43

(4)

Lonely As A Cloud

J: S Khumalo

T: C Dawson

Safely held here last month behind Arilena when seventh of 13.

1-5737

Age: 3

Weight: 9-4

OR: 73

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
17 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11	7/13	Arilena (3¼L)	16/1	76	49
20 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-12	3/10	Virgin River (5¼L)	20/1	78	51
30 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-6	7/9	Var Park (5¼L)	7/2	79	49
16 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	5f		9-6	5/13	Neerah (2¾L)	14/1	79	48
16 Dec 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	1/10	Old Fashioned (1¼L)	17/2	70	52
26 Oct 24	Tur Turffontein	7f	Md	9-2	6/9	Potberrie (10½L)	66/1	73	42

(11)

Princess Lola

J: D Schwarz

T: R R Magner

Held in fifth over 7f at Turffontein (handicap) in October; has had some time off; could be in the mix as reverting to this trip sure to suit and she was second three runs ago.

40255-

Age: 4

Weight: 9-3

OR: 69

Days: 205

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
22 Oct 24	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-3	5/7	Oxalis Gold (7¾L)	16/1	72	33
3 Sep 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-4	5/10	Raining Rubies (4½L)	14/1	74	53
15 Aug 24	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-3	2/8	Coming In Hot (3¾L)	14/1	74	45
4 Jul 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-3	15/16	Golden Aspen (15L)	10/1	76	6
17 Apr 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-11	4/13	Simply Magic (2¾L)	50/1	76	46
30 Mar 24	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-7	7/9	Longsword (8L)	9/2	76	36

(10)

Sylvan Warrior

J: G Lerena

T: A P Peter

Won in easy fashion in a maiden plate when getting off the mark at the fifth time of asking last month; seems to have stepped up on previous form the last twice; hoping to take advantage of age allowance; jockey booking is a positive; must be high on list.

66721

Age: 2

Weight: 9-2

OR: 87

Days: 16

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-0	1/6	Act On Snow (4¼L)	77/100	-	46
15 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-0	2/12	Kaalvoet (nk)	80/1	-	49
24 Feb 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	7/9	Arashi (7L)	100/1	-	23
26 Jan 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	6/7	Read All About It (8¾L)	40/1	-	13
11 Jan 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	6/9	Easy Tiger (10½L)	50/1	-	21

(9)

Gaelic Dancer

J: C Zackey

T: P F Matchett

Solid effort in defeat to finish third after going off 20-1 over 6f at Turffontein (handicap) two weeks ago; one win to her name was achieved a fair way back; Craig Zackey a good booking.

5-8973

Age: 3

Weight: 9-0

OR: 69

Days: 18

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
27 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-7 b	3/9	Vitellius (1¾L)	25/1	72	46
17 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-4 b	7/14	Flight Of A Condor (4¾L)	40/1	72	43
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	8-11 b	9/9	Just Var (7¼L)	40/1	74	27
25 Feb 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-6 b	8/9	In The Ether (7L)	6/1	77	24
10 Dec 24	Gre Greyville	5f	Hc	8-6 b	5/7	Million Voices (4¼L)	10/1	79	49
11 Nov 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-10 b	5/7	King Of Venus (5L)	14/1	81	54

(8)

Inafix

J: C Habib

T: C Binda

Had several of these behind when winning by three-quarters of a length (Turffontein) two months ago; course specialist who has won three times here; off a higher mark.

518-61

Age: 4

Weight: 9-0

OR: 66

Days: 54

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-2	1/12	Jet Cat (¾L)	14/1	62	67
21 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-3	6/11	Written In Stone (3¾L)	9/2	62	42
1 Oct 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-2	8/13	Arilena (5¾L)	8/1	62	32
19 Sep 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11	1/10	Dark Tide (¾L)	28/10	58	57
3 Sep 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11	5/6	Arilena (3½L)	28/10	55	39
29 Aug 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11	1/15	Samoa (hd)	7/1	55	-

(5)

Phala Millions

J: M K Katjedi

T: B Webber

Won a handicap by just over 1l at Turffontein last month; successful twice in his last three starts; can give it a good shot as may still be a step ahead of the handicapper despite ratings hike and he can take this step up in class in his stride.

-96151

Age: 4

Weight: 8-9

OR: 62

Days: 19

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-11	1/15	Captain Efficient (1¼L)	10/1	57	36
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-9	5/12	Inafix (2¼L)	10/1	56	57
25 Feb 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-6	1/10	Sail The Sky (nk)	25/2	53	69
6 Feb 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-8	6/8	Thunderbird (3½L)	25/1	55	44
16 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	7f		8-3	9/11	Oh My Gucci Girl (9L)	66/1	57	-
28 Nov 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-0	10/12	Together Again (7L)	33/1	60	25

(7)

Together Again

J: P Mxoli

T: J A Visser

Beaten 7l when tenth of 15 over 6f at Turffontein (handicap) 19 days ago; has struggled to factor since winning a handicap at Vaal in November; this looks a decent race so others more appealing.

256800

Age: 5

Weight: 8-3

OR: 55

Days: 19

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-9 b	10/15	Phala Millions (6½L)	50/1	56	12
13 Apr 25	Sco Scottsville	6f		8-9 b	10/10	Double Olympic (10½L)	33/1	56	13
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-10 b	8/12	Inafix (4¼L)	8/1	57	49
8 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-3 b	6/12	Quasikat (5¾L)	33/1	58	32
25 Feb 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-7 b	5/9	In The Ether (2¾L)	14/1	59	33
6 Feb 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-12 b	2/8	Thunderbird (¾L)	20/1	59	56

(1)

Bregardt

J: J Penny

T: F Bronkhorst

Finished last of nine at Turffontein over 7f (handicap) last month; not really built on success in a maiden plate last June at Vaal; this is competitive and unlikely to do better than a supporting role.

97-099

Age: 4

Weight: 8-3

OR: 53

Days: 19

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	7-10 b	9/9	Sail The Sky (10L)	40/1	56	20
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-4 b	9/12	Inafix (5L)	50/1	59	48
6 Mar 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-3 b	13/13	Var Park (22L)	100/1	59	-
24 Dec 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-9 b	7/7	In The Ether (7¾L)	10/1	62	-
16 Dec 24	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-0 b	9/14	Micke's Bomb (10½L)	20/1	62	11
28 Nov 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-5 b	11/12	Together Again (7½L)	10/1	65	27

ARILENA looks the one to back. She is chasing a fourth win at this course. Sylvan Warrior has winning form over C&D.

Arilena

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