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5 May 2026

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Thursday 14 May Fm 76 Divided Handicap (f & M)(For Fillies and Mares) Racecard

Channel: SIS
Distance: 7f

Runners: 13
Type: Flat

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(5)

Blushing Bloom

J: C Murray

T: J J Van Vuuren

Not beaten that far in fifth (4½l) in a handicap last month upped to this trip; has winning form at this track; Callan Murray booked.

25-545

Age: 3

Weight: 9-6

OR: 80

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-12	5/6	Golden Operator (4¼L)	14/1	83	-
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-7	4/5	Speedman (13½L)	20/1	84	-
10 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-6	5/10	Season's Greetings (1½L)	33/1	84	61
16 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-5	5/7	Maverick Queen (7¼L)	11/2	84	36
17 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-1	2/6	Rifle Queen (3¼L)	5/2	83	38
31 Jul 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-0	1/9	Iconic Winter (1¾L)	67/100	-	37

(6)

Shivering Light

J: C Habib

T: A P Peter

Gained a debut success at Turffontein at 4-1 in February; easy to see her making an impression.

Age: 3

Weight: 9-4

OR: 78

Days: 73

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
21 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/5	Onceinabluemoon (1L)	4/1	-	40

(2)

Heavenly Good

J: M V'Rensburg

T: A P Peter

Finished fourth but wasn't beaten too far (just over 3l) three months ago in a handicap; easy to see her making an impression if finding her best form.

1855-4

Age: 3

Weight: 9-3

OR: 77

Days: 96

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	8-12	4/8	Agoge (3L)	8/1	77	42
23 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	7-13	5/10	Fire In Her Soul (1¾L)	4/1	78	-
27 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-3	5/10	Ringa Ringa Roses (5¼L)	16/1	81	42
23 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	8-4	8/9	Valentina Balducci (12L)	5/1	81	9
2 Aug 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Md	9-6	1/8	Lady Blunt (2¼L)	15/4	-	26
12 Jul 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-0	5/9	Surprise Party (4L)	7/1	-	20

(8)

Utsaah

J: C Zackey

T: S G Tarry

From powerful stable and has found improvement of late; broke her duck at the seventh attempt when winning by just under 3l 45 days ago at Turffontein in a maiden plate; Craig Zackey booking heightens interest; needs to be respected.

34-421

Age: 3

Weight: 9-3

OR: 77

Days: 45

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
21 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	8f	Md	9-6 b	1/5	Chariklo (3L)	91/100	77	49
22 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Md	9-4 b	2/9	Reece's Wish (½L)	5/1	73	45
1 Jan 26	Tur Turffontein	8f	Md	9-4	4/6	Sikeloi (3L)	10/1	75	23
4 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Md	9-4	4/10	Kensal Green (5¼L)	9/2	77	-
26 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Md	9-2	3/10	Grace's Kiss (2½L)	33/1	-	43
12 Jul 25	Tur Turffontein	8f	Md	9-6	4/6	Daisy Jones (7L)	33/1	-	-

(4)

Beautiful Rania

J: M Michel ³

T: J A Soma

Narrow winner of a Class 5 (Greyville) five months ago; returns from a break here.

36941-

Age: 4

Weight: 9-2

OR: 72

Days: 147

Date	Course	Race	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
9 Dec 25	Gre Greyville	6f	9-1 b	1/7	Quentasia (¾L)	6/1	68	51
28 Nov 25	Gre Greyville	7f	8-9 b	4/12	Siberian Winter (1½L)	10/1	68	58
16 Nov 25	Gre Greyville	6f	9-5 b	9/11	Mystique Rouge (4L)	25/1	69	40
27 Oct 25	Gre Greyville	8f	9-0 b	6/8	Grand Occasion (6¼L)	6/1	70	41
26 Sep 25	Gre Greyville	8f	9-9 b	3/10	Pink Diamond (1¼L)	7/2	70	38
31 Aug 25	Sco Scottsville	8f	8-6 b	6/11	Sparkling Jubilee (1L)	33/1	71	64

(9)

Fiery Frolic

J: Wes Marwing

T: W C Marwing

Possesses winning form at this track; not beaten that far 52 days ago at Turffontein in a handicap.

3-2194

Age: 3

Weight: 9-1

OR: 75

Days: 52

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-12	4/15	Captain Selvie (4¾L)	16/1	76	46
10 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11	9/10	Season's Greetings (6¾L)	20/1	76	36
24 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	1/14	Wings Of Kildra ()	5/2	73	48
3 Jan 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	2/6	Gulf Of America (½L)	33/10	73	-
16 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	3/8	Inspiration (3½L)	11/2	66	32
2 Nov 25	Ken Kenilworth	7f	Md	9-2 b	10/12	Boozy Susie (8L)	80/1	71	-

(10)

Green And Gold

J: K De Melo

T: S G Tarry

431

Age: 3

Weight: 9-1

OR: 75

Days: 16

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Md	9-6	1/9	Hawksdale (2L)	5/2	-	75
28 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	3/8	Ada Lovelace (3½L)	72/100	-	23
7 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-1	4/10	Dante's Bond (8L)	28/10	-	19

(1)

Southampton

J: J Botes ⁶

T: F Bronkhorst

A course winner; solid third over 1m here (handicap) two weeks ago.

-61833

Age: 4

Weight: 9-1

OR: 71

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	8-12	3/13	Kensal Green (3¼L)	6/1	71	36
12 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-7	3/10	Michael Faraday (2¼L)	25/1	72	64
19 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-8	8/10	Kambati (3½L)	8/1	72	36
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Md	9-6	1/12	Future Gamble (1½L)	16/1	53	-
21 Jan 26	Dur Durbanville	8f	Md	8-9	6/13	Amayah (2¾L)	66/1	55	45
24 Dec 25	Ken Kenilworth	6f	Md	8-8	5/8	Cutie Patootie (8¾L)	16/1	56	17

(7)

Dondoyaki

J: M Yeni

T: F Bronkhorst

Finished sixth, beaten a fair way in a stakes race (Greyville) when dropped to 6f two months ago; C&D has proven suitable before.

2-5466

Age: 3

Weight: 9-0

OR: 74

Days: 58

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Mar 26	Gre Greyville	6f		8-8 b	6/7	The Mask (6½L)	8/1	75	42
21 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	8f	Hc	9-3 e/s	6/10	Paris Fun (5L)	10/1	77	-
5 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-12 b	4/8	Monkey Puzzle (1¼L)	10/1	77	-
27 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	9-0	5/10	Libeccio (3¼L)	9/2	78	49
23 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-8 b	2/10	Fire In Her Soul (1¼L)	14/1	78	-
20 Nov 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Md	9-2 b	1/15	Hubertus Hunt (¾L)	20/1	76	45

(13)

Eight Hats

J: P Mxoli

T: P F Matchett

Solid effort when beaten 2l to finish second last month back down to 6f in a handicap.

-95542

Age: 3

Weight: 8-3

OR: 64

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-0 b	2/11	Plumbago Park (2L)	7/1	64	48
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-4 b	4/11	Kensal Green (3¾L)	8/1	64	-
21 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	8f	Hc	8-5 b	5/10	Paris Fun (3¼L)	7/1	66	-
1 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-3 b	5/10	Golden Aspen (4¼L)	20/1	71	58
17 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-5 b	9/14	Play With The Wind (9L)	40/1	73	32
16 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvHc	8-3 b	7/12	Antonio Gaudi (3½L)	100/1	76	39

(3)

Duellona

J: J Penny

T: C I Jonker

Last of eight over 5f at Turffontein (handicap) in February.

060-08

Age: 5

Weight: 8-3

OR: 58

Days: 82

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-3	8/8	Oriental Bouquet (9¾L)	125/1	58	19
1 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	8-11	10/10	Golden Aspen (33L)	50/1	58	-
12 Aug 25	Fvw Fairview	7f	Hc	9-2 h¹	11/13	Jambo Sana (8¼L)	100/1	62	41
2 Jul 25	Fvw Fairview	7f	Hc	8-8 h¹	6/11	Blue Palace (4¾L)	33/1	67	36
13 Jun 25	Fvw Fairview	7f	Hc	9-7 h¹	10/13	Bretty (5½L)	100/1	67	-
2 May 25	Fvw Fairview	7f	Hc	9-3 h¹	10/12	Colorama (7¼L)	20/1	69	15

(11)

Kylie's Angel

J: B Marx-Jacobson ⁶

T: C J Lensley

Out of the frame (beaten 5l in sixth) back down to 6f last month in a handicap; possesses winning form at this track.

-77286

Age: 5

Weight: 8-3

OR: 57

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
21 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	7-11	6/10	Sigrid Swing (5L)	16/1	57	46
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	7-13	8/11	Kensal Green (7¼L)	10/1	60	-
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-3	2/10	Lava Fire (hd)	33/1	52	-
10 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-1	7/12	Pearl In Her Crown (3¼L)	8/1	52	-
24 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-5	7/13	Lapis Lazuli (2¾L)	25/2	52	40
20 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-5	6/15	Legendary (4L)	66/1	52	22

(12)

Together Again

J: M K Katjedi

T: C I Jonker

On a good mark based on best form; has won here; tenth of 12 in a handicap three months ago.

0-4890

Age: 6

Weight: 8-3

OR: 55

Days: 84

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
10 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-10	10/12	Pearl In Her Crown (14½L)	33/1	57	-
24 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-5	9/13	Lapis Lazuli (3¼L)	25/1	60	43
17 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-5	8/15	Zoombomber (4L)	33/1	60	24
8 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	8f	Hc	7-12	4/7	Opera Fan (2½L)	50/1	51	-
20 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	8-6	11/15	Legendary (5L)	66/1	53	19
16 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	8-3	13/13	Storm Ahead (13L)	100/1	53	19

This is a tight race on the figures. Utsaah is capable of running well while Heavenly Good poses a serious threat to the tip. However, SHIVERING LIGHT is worth siding with. She scored at the first time of asking and looks less exposed than some of these.

Shivering Light

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