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For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 Middle Stakes(For All Horses) Racecard

  • Channel: SIS
  • Distance: 1m 1f
Runners
13

Type
Flat

Selection

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Racecard

No.(Draw)
Runner
Best Odds
1
(12)
King's Express silk
King's Express
J: G Samo-Burthia 6
T: F P Habib
A C&D winner; was thereabouts (third of eight, 66-1) at Turffontein when little between him and Hotarubi (fifth) ten days ago; has to be taken seriously.
79-083
Age: 6
Weight: 9-11
OR: 102
Days: 10
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Mar 26 Tur Turffontein 9f 8-1 b 3/8 Choisaanada (3L) 66/1 102 70
12 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 9-8 b 8/8 Tommy Shelby (8L) 20/1 102 58
24 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 8-9 b 10/10 Aristotle (61L) 25/1 102 -
11 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-7 b 9/10 Hawkbill (4¾L) 20/1 102 -
16 Oct 25 Tur Turffontein 8f 8-1 b 7/9 Pressonregardless (11½L) 13/2 102 43
20 Sep 25 Tur Turffontein 9f 8-3 b 1/7 Soldier's Eye (1L) 17/10 100 82
2
(2)
Hawkbill silk
Hawkbill
J: C Zackey
T: M N Houdalakis
C&D winner including when successful by just over 1l in December.
43291-
Age: 5
Weight: 9-6
OR: 100
Days: 103
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
11 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-5 e/s 1/10 Vesuvio (1¼L) 25/2 95 -
30 Oct 25 Tur Turffontein 10f Hc 9-6 e/s 9/9 The Ultimate King (22L) 10/1 95 2
2 Oct 25 Vaa Vaal 9f 9-2 e/s 2/9 Luce Verde (1½L) 10/1 95 -
2 Sep 25 Vaa Vaal 10f 9-2 e/s 3/10 Royal Edition (1¾L) 4/1 95 34
19 Jul 25 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 9-5 e/s 4/11 Don't Cry For Me (2¾L) 17/2 95 71
23 Jun 25 Tur Turffontein 10f 8-11 e/s 1/12 Vesuvio (¾L) 11/2 92 63
3
(8)
Hotarubi silk
Hotarubi
J: R Munger
T: C I Jonker
Has won here before; not far behind King's Express when fifth at Turffontein ten days ago.
264265
Age: 5
Weight: 9-6
OR: 98
Days: 10
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Mar 26 Tur Turffontein 9f 8-3 b 5/8 Choisaanada (4¼L) 40/1 100 60
5 Mar 26 Vaa Vaal 8f 9-6 b 6/10 Open Highway (4¾L) 25/1 100 -
10 Feb 26 Vaa Vaal 10f Md 9-7 b 2/4 Bakwena (4½L) 5/1 100 58
5 Feb 26 Vaa Vaal 8f Hc 8-11 b 4/7 Birthright (4¼L) 33/1 100 73
22 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 7f 7-12 b 6/9 Tin Pan Alley (8¾L) 14/1 101 -
17 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 9f Md 8-8 b 2/4 Taegan's Champ (1¾L) 5/2 101 48
4
(1)
Doitwithdiamonds silk
Doitwithdiamonds
J: C Habib
T: A P Peter
Finished towards the rear of 13 at Turffontein two weeks ago in a Listed race; down in class.
325-80
Age: 5
Weight: 9-2
OR: 99
Days: 17
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
7 Mar 26 Tur Turffontein 8f 9-2 12/13 Care Forgot (6¾L) 33/1 100 42
19 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 7f 8-11 8/9 Famous Lady (5½L) 16/1 100 66
27 Dec 25 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 9-3 5/10 Charge It (3½L) 6/1 100 70
4 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-5 2/8 Boom Boom (hd) 7/2 100 -
11 Nov 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-6 3/6 Accept Cookies (1½L) 13/2 100 26
1 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 9-1 6/13 Twostep Queen (9¾L) 6/1 100 -
5
(5)
Master Christmas silk
Master Christmas
J: K Strydom
T: A P Peter
No threat to winner, Open Highway, here 19 days ago (finished eighth) over 1m (stakes race); course specialist who has won five times here.
3620-8
Age: 5
Weight: 9-2
OR: 94
Days: 19
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
5 Mar 26 Vaa Vaal 8f 9-2 b 8/10 Open Highway (6¾L) 16/1 95 -
20 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 7f 8-10 b 10/21 Mastership (3¾L) 8/1 96 -
11 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 8f 9-2 b 2/8 Mastership (1¼L) 7/1 96 106
20 Nov 25 Vaa Vaal 7f 9-2 b 6/7 Champion Warrior (4¾L) 10/1 97 77
30 Sep 25 Vaa Vaal 7f Hc 9-3 b 3/14 Potberrie (2¼L) 13/2 97 59
20 Sep 25 Tur Turffontein 8f 8-7 b 5/9 Max The Magician (4L) 4/1 97 76
6
(9)
Open Highway silk
Open Highway
J: M Yeni
T: F Bronkhorst
Specialist here with four wins; beat The Playboy Bomber, Hotarubi and Master Christmas over 1m here (stakes race) three weeks ago, scoring by 2l; should go close.
216-81
Age: 5
Weight: 9-2
OR: 94
Days: 19
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
5 Mar 26 Vaa Vaal 8f 8-7 b 1/10 The Playboy Bomber (2L) 11/2 88 -
17 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-5 b 8/9 Robert Browning (6¼L) 7/1 88 53
20 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 7f 8-3 b 6/21 Mastership (1¾L) 10/1 87 -
7 Dec 25 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 9-7 b 1/9 Prince Of Kildare () 5/2 83 51
29 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 9-1 2/9 Harun Al Rashid (1½L) 3/1 83 64
9 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 9-0 4/10 Dark Silver (¾L) 20/1 83 47
7
(10)
River Romeo silk
River Romeo
T: M Pandaram
A previous winner here; found life tough when 6l back in sixth in a handicap at Turffontein in January.
90/5-6
Age: 6
Weight: 9-2
OR: 94
Days: 80
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
3 Jan 26 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 9-12 6/7 The Playboy Bomber (5¾L) 40/1 95 -
2 Aug 25 Tur Turffontein 9f 8-7 5/7 The Equator (4½L) 16/1 95 52
2 Nov 24 Tur Turffontein 12f 8-7 13/13 Poets Warrior (89L) 50/1 98 -
12 Oct 24 Tur Turffontein 8f 7-12 9/12 Beating Wings (7¾L) 50/1 101 35
22 Jun 24 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 9-3 14/14 Command Pilot (36L) 100/1 101 -
11 May 24 Gre Greyville 10f 8-3 14/14 Future Swing (17L) 125/1 101 19
8
(13)
Mo Ment silk
Mo Ment
J: J R Syster
T: B Webber
Tailed off in a conditions race (Turffontein) four months ago upped to 2m; managed three wins in his last seven outings; has winning form at this track; prospects.
31100-
Age: 5
Weight: 8-11
OR: 93
Days: 115
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
29 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 16f 8-3 b 11/11 Shoot The Rapids (86L) 16/1 93 -
1 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 12f 8-11 b 11/11 Daimyo (18L) 7/2 93 -
20 Sep 25 Tur Turffontein 13f 8-7 b 1/5 Teo Torriatte (1½L) 18/10 87 88
23 Aug 25 Tur Turffontein 15f 7-12 b 1/5 Breeze Over (10½L) 11/10 81 32
2 Aug 25 Tur Turffontein 14f Hc 9-4 b 3/7 Enflame (2¼L) 9/2 81 43
5 Jul 25 Gre Greyville 15f 7-12 b 8/11 King Pelles (14L) 20/1 81 -
9
(3)
Royal Edition silk
Royal Edition
J: G Lerena
T: P P Labuschagne
Winner of four races at this venue; finished last of six in a Grade 3 at Turffontein last month; could have less on his plate in this; G Lerena a noteworthy booking.
516-56
Age: 5
Weight: 8-11
OR: 93
Days: 38
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 9f 9-0 6/6 Fire Attack (10L) 125/1 93 27
27 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 10f 9-6 5/8 One More Star (3½L) 6/1 93 64
20 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 7f 9-5 6/10 Amor Fati (3L) 33/1 93 -
4 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 10f Md 9-5 1/5 Dance King (nk) 7/1 90 42
20 Nov 25 Vaa Vaal 10f 8-11 e/s 5/9 Dance King (5¼L) 7/1 91 36
26 Oct 25 Tur Turffontein 10f 7-12 e/s 6/10 Thunee Playa (11½L) 20/1 91 38
10
(4)
Fully Loaded silk
Fully Loaded
J: B Marx-Jacobson 9
T: F P Habib
Could not manage better than fifth over 7f at Turffontein (handicap) 12 days ago; knows this place inside out (four course wins).
17-015
Age: 6
Weight: 8-11
OR: 91
Days: 12
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
12 Mar 26 Tur Turffontein 7f Hc 8-6 b 5/8 Tintin (5¼L) 16/1 91 56
26 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 9-2 b 1/9 Carnelo (1L) 25/1 88 64
29 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 6f Hc 9-5 b 12/12 Vibe Sa (15L) 8/1 88 23
20 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 7f 9-0 b 7/10 Amor Fati (3L) 7/2 85 -
18 Dec 25 Vaa Vaal 6f Hc 9-0 b 1/8 Xenophon (1¼L) 7/2 85 56
23 Nov 25 Vaa Vaal 7f Hc 8-8 b 2/8 Obsidian (nk) 5/1 85 59
11
(11)
Golden Warrior silk
Golden Warrior
J: S Khumalo
T: A Ndzilana
Held when ninth beaten 7l over 1m2f at Turffontein (Listed race) ten days ago; this is a step down in class.
90-599
Age: 3
Weight: 8-7
OR: 97
Days: 10
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
14 Mar 26 Tur Turffontein 10f 9-6 9/13 Diogenes (6¼L) 25/2 100 29
7 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 8f 9-6 b 9/13 Splittheeights (9L) 125/1 103 57
11 Jan 26 Tur Turffontein 7f 9-2 b 5/9 Splittheeights (6¼L) 125/1 105 68
1 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 7f 9-2 b 14/15 Tin Pan Alley (16L) 125/1 105 -
4 Oct 25 Tur Turffontein 6f Md 9-4 b 9/10 Miami Mountain (11L) 14/1 105 33
26 Jun 25 Tur Turffontein 8f 9-6 b 1/6 Zalatoris (1¼L) 3/1 - 67
12
(7)
The Playboy Bomber silk
The Playboy Bomber
J: C Maujean
T: A G Laird
Producing consistent form and proven that he knows how to get his head in front (seeking a fifth career win); behind Open Highway over 1m here (stakes race) three weeks ago when a respectable second; is a player.
25-122
Age: 5
Weight: 8-7
OR: 88
Days: 19
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
5 Mar 26 Vaa Vaal 8f 8-7 2/10 Open Highway (2L) 5/1 88 -
29 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 10f Hc 9-6 2/11 Jordan (nk) 15/4 86 78
3 Jan 26 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 8-10 1/7 Gimmeachoice (hd) 5/2 81 -
29 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 8-12 5/9 Harun Al Rashid (4½L) 9/4 81 50
9 Nov 25 Tur Turffontein 8f Hc 8-3 2/10 Dark Silver (½L) 6/1 81 46
23 Oct 25 Vaa Vaal 8f Hc 9-3 5/13 Coppola (2¾L) 20/1 81 66
13
(6)
Robert Browning silk
Robert Browning 1
J: P Mxoli
T: T Zackey
On the premises when runner-up of eight at Turffontein six weeks ago in a handicap; unbeaten over this C&D after two runs.
913-12
Age: 4
Weight: 8-7
OR: 87
Days: 40
Date Course Race Type Weight Pos 1st/2nd SP OR RPR
12 Feb 26 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 8-5 h1 2/8 Tommy Shelby (1L) 7/2 86 66
17 Jan 26 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 9-2 h1 1/9 Zip Code (2½L) 16/1 80 66
2 Dec 25 Tur Turffontein 9f Hc 8-12 h1 3/14 Diesel's Shadow (3¾L) 25/2 80 65
2 Oct 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 8-12 h1 1/10 Peace Treaty (1½L) 16/1 75 -
20 Sep 25 Tur Turffontein 10f Hc 8-10 h1 9/11 Titans Of War (8L) 14/1 75 41
2 Sep 25 Vaa Vaal 9f Hc 8-9 h1 1/7 Santiago's Pride (2¼L) 25/1 70 43
Verdict

It looks a wide-open race. Mo Ment could be undone by the draw while The Playboy Bomber, Open Highway and Mo Ment are C&D winners. However, KING's EXPRESS is worth siding with, KING's EXPRESS is taken to confirm the placings with Hotarubi and has won over this C&D.

Verdict silk image
King's Express

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