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16 December 2025
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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Novice Handicap(Maidens & 1 time winners) Racecard

  • Channel: SIS
  • Distance: 5f 176y
Runners
12

Type
Flat

Selection

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No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(10)
Believe In Fate silk
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
2
(12)
Splittheeights silk
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.
41
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 - -
3
(1)
Clever Trevor silk
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
4
(9)
Can You Danse silk
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
5
(6)
Red Penny silk
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
6
(5)
Antonio Gaudi silk
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
7
(11)
Romilly silk
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 - -
8
(4)
Ready Set Fire silk
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
9
(3)
Sunset Warrior silk
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
10
(7)
Quiet Winter silk
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
11
(2)
Spy Story silk
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
12
(8)
Eight Hats silk
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
Verdict

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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