TURFFONTEIN

16 December 2025

Tuesday 16th December

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Distance: 5f 176y

Runners: 12
Type: Flat

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(10)

Believe In Fate

J: R Fourie

T: J A Soma

Out of the money and beaten 12l in the Grade 1 Gold Medallion at Scottsville last June; has a long absence to overcome but encouraging jockey booking; capable of making an impact if in the same mood as when achieving most recent success and he won a maiden juvenile plate two runs back.

310-

Age: 4

Weight: 9-6

OR: 85

Days: 563

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Jun 24	Sco Scottsville	6f		9-6	10/13	Proceed (12L)	16/1	-	24
4 May 24	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/6	Tokyo Medaglia (4L)	46/100	-	52
28 Mar 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	3/9	One More (4¼L)	25/2	-	49

(12)

Splittheeights

J: C Murray

T: M/M De Kock

Scored by just under 3l last month when getting off the mark at the second time of asking in a conditional maiden; should not be far away.

Age: 3

Weight: 9-4

OR: 91

Days: 17

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-4	1/19	Tintin ()	7/1	-	53
1 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-4	4/12	Grand Empire (3¼L)	3/1	-	-

(1)

Clever Trevor

J: J R Syster

T: M/M De Kock

Beaten sixth of nine four months ago (Vaal) upped to 7f; just second start in this company.

216

Age: 3

Weight: 9-3

OR: 90

Days: 108

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
30 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-11	6/9	Chieftain's Shield (8L)	33/10	90	-
9 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/8	Midnight Flyer (1L)	30/100	-	-
26 Jul 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	2/11	Rifle Queen (1½L)	28/10	-	52

(9)

Can You Danse

J: M K Katjedi

T: S G Tarry

Finished ninth of 12 at Vaal last month (eased in the weights since); represents a powerful yard; is a player now dropping in class and shown he can win fairly recently.

71-059

Age: 4

Weight: 9-1

OR: 80

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-7	9/12	Silver Tudor (7¼L)	33/1	84	50
28 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-1	5/6	Yippee Kiyay (3½L)	125/1	84	-
28 Jan 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	9-3	10/10	Potberrie (11L)	25/2	87	-
7 Dec 24	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/9	Vibe Sa (¾L)	10/1	-	40
17 Oct 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-4	7/12	Sea Wolf (11L)	4/1	-	7

(6)

Red Penny

J: R A Venniker ³

T: P F Matchett

Not beaten too far when fourth here in October.

760734

Age: 3

Weight: 9-0

OR: 87

Days: 66

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-1	4/7	It's Personal (3¼L)	33/10	89	52
28 Sep 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-0	3/8	The Last Duke (2L)	8/1	91	-
26 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	NvHc	8-12	7/7	Pennsylvania (3¼L)	10/1	95	60
14 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-2	10/10	Hemisphere (6½L)	25/1	94	44
31 Jul 25	Vaa Vaal	8f		9-6	6/6	Mighty Eagle (11L)	9/2	-	5
8 Jun 25	Tur Turffontein	7f		9-6	7/9	Tin Pan Alley (11½L)	4/1	-	47

(5)

Antonio Gaudi

J: K Matsunyane

T: R Klaasen

Has maintained his consistent level of form; produced an encouraging effort (runner-up of ten, beaten just under 3l) at Vaal last month.

-15522

Age: 4

Weight: 9-0

OR: 79

Days: 42

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-3	2/10	Secret Chord (2¾L)	7/1	79	46
23 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	NvHc	8-10	2/5	Mister Wilson (nk)	25/2	77	63
20 Sep 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	8-12	5/7	Bjorn Ironside (7¾L)	66/1	77	44
6 Apr 25	Gre Greyville	6f		9-1	5/14	Moya Wa Laliga (4¾L)	8/1	79	57
13 Feb 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	1/8	Tana Maree ()	5/1	76	63
10 Oct 24	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-4	5/14	Pennsylvania (7¼L)	33/10	79	37

(11)

Romilly

J: G Lerena

T: J J Van Vuuren

Out of the frame when fifth over 7f at Vaal (handicap) last month.

1075

Age: 3

Weight: 8-12

OR: 86

Days: 23

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
23 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	9-1	5/8	Grand Empire (5¾L)	8/1	89	52
4 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-7	7/10	Secret Chord (6½L)	14/1	93	36
4 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	8-11	10/10	Miami Mountain (13L)	11/2	93	22
10 Jul 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/8	Blushing Bloom (2L)	2/1	-	-

(4)

Ready Set Fire

J: M Yeni

T: F Bronkhorst

Struggled a bit in handicaps recently and has struggled to factor since winning a maiden plate at Turffontein six months ago; fair effort when beaten just over 4l, finishing sixth of seven over 5f at Vaal (handicap) last month.

-16046

Age: 4

Weight: 8-11

OR: 77

Days: 23

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
23 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1	6/7	Constellation (4¼L)	14/1	80	54
11 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	NvHc	9-6	4/6	Trajanus (4¾L)	17/2	82	44
28 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11	10/11	Espinoza (7½L)	16/1	86	72
6 Sep 25	Tur Turffontein	6f		8-8	6/8	Nyaka Nyaka (4¾L)	9/2	86	62
23 Jun 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	1/9	Bumps Last Grind (4L)	2/1	84	59
23 Apr 24	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6	2/9	Chocolate Soldier (shd)	67/100	-	39

(3)

Sunset Warrior

J: L Nhlapo

T: B Webber

Finished behind Ready Set Fire over 5f at Vaal (handicap) when last of six last month.

310436

Age: 3

Weight: 8-9

OR: 83

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	NvHc	8-12	6/6	Trajanus (8½L)	25/2	85	27
9 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-2	3/7	Western Wishes (1¼L)	13/2	85	-
17 Jul 25	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-6	4/6	Got The Feeling (3½L)	25/2	-	45
19 Jun 25	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	8-11	10/18	Sovereigns Call (8¼L)	11/2	85	-
15 May 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-0	1/8	Summer Winter (2L)	5/2	-	48
19 Apr 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-6	3/8	Spiritrix (3¾L)	66/1	-	44

(7)

Quiet Winter

J: K De Melo

T: M N Houdalakis

Landed Turffontein maiden plate in good style when getting off the mark at the fifth time of asking last month; should go well.

34321

Age: 3

Weight: 8-8

OR: 82

Days: 45

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-4	1/15	Wings Of Kildra (3½L)	9/4	80	-
30 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-2	2/9	Lost For Words (3¼L)	18/10	80	24
9 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-2	3/8	Perfect Miracle (8½L)	1/2	-	-
15 Apr 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-0	4/10	Captain Selvie (1¼L)	18/10	-	48
22 Mar 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	3/9	Littlemisssplendid (2¼L)	11/2	-	43

(2)

Spy Story

J: M Mbuto ⁶

T: S J Gray

Managed just one success in his career to date but produced a string of consistent efforts; good effort when just over 1l runner-up 51 days ago.

243232

Age: 4

Weight: 8-5

OR: 71

Days: 51

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-3	2/7	Xenophon (1¼L)	11/2	71	51
23 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	NvHc	8-4	3/5	Mister Wilson (4L)	9/4	71	46
28 Sep 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvHc	8-11	2/6	Stormy Day (nk)	17/2	71	-
25 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	9-8	3/8	Oklahoma Twister (7½L)	4/1	71	40
11 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-8	4/8	Across The Bow (1L)	5/1	72	49
26 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	NvHc	8-3	2/7	Pennsylvania (1L)	10/1	69	63

(8)

Eight Hats

J: P Mxoli

T: P F Matchett

Not always shown an awful lot since winning a juvenile plate at Turffontein in May; finished seventh but wasn't beaten too far (3½l, Vaal) two weeks ago.

695507

Age: 3

Weight: 8-3

OR: 76

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11 b	7/11	Western Wishes (3½L)	25/1	78	45
1 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-9 b	10/15	Lost For Words (9½L)	33/1	82	-
23 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1 b	5/11	Miss Munroe (4¼L)	8/1	82	35
4 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	8-9 b	5/7	Perfect Miracle (4¼L)	100/1	85	54
18 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	NvHc	8-9	9/13	Echo Check (11½L)	33/1	88	30
26 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	NvHc	8-9	6/7	Pennsylvania (3¼L)	8/1	92	60

It looks a wide-open race but SPLITTHEEIGHTS looks the one to side with. He is chasing a second win over this C&D. Believe In Fate has winning form over C&D.

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