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14 May 2026

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Distance: 5f

Runners: 11
Type: Flat

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(5)

Inafix

J: M V'Rensburg

T: C Binda

Knows how to win here; respectable effort over 2f at Greyville () 12 days ago; has to be respected if building on most recent effort and he has won off this mark before.

38-554

Age: 5

Weight: 9-8

OR: 68

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 May 26	Gre Greyville	2f		8-3 b	4/11	Arverni Princess (1¼L)	5/1	68	-
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-9	5/11	Time Is Precious (4L)	8/1	69	47
5 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-7	5/7	Precocious (5¼L)	8/1	70	41
20 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-13	8/12	There She Goes (4¾L)	8/1	72	30
7 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-4	3/10	Old Fashioned (3L)	8/1	72	61
28 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-12	6/8	Rafa Bay (3¾L)	14/1	73	47

(10)

Sergeant Soqrat

J: J Botes ⁶

T: C Spies

Could not manage better than ninth (Greyville) 12 days ago in a stakes race.

062009

Age: 3

Weight: 9-7

OR: 70

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 May 26	Gre Greyville	7f		9-13 b	9/10	Snow Moon (12L)	100/1	73	30
29 Apr 26	Sco Scottsville	6f		9-0 b	10/10	Yannakis (8¾L)	25/1	73	43
26 Apr 26	Sco Scottsville	6f		8-7 b	12/15	Cavalry Commander (13L)	50/1	73	14
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-9 b	2/11	Time Is Precious (2L)	16/1	73	54
31 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-10 b	6/16	Romilly (4½L)	40/1	73	44
12 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-7 b	12/14	Sunset Warrior (10L)	33/1	73	4

(11)

Tiger Storm

J: B Marx-Jacobson ⁶

T: F P Habib

Has proven competitive in a race of this nature; beaten 11l when tenth of 11 here over 6f (handicap) last month.

645780

Age: 4

Weight: 9-6

OR: 66

Days: 21

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-3 b	10/11	Plumbago Park (10½L)	10/1	68	22
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-4	8/11	Time Is Precious (6¼L)	10/1	69	39
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-1	7/7	Pivotal Role (8L)	8/1	69	-
12 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-5	5/8	Oriental Bouquet (¾L)	10/1	70	59
5 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-7 h,b	4/7	Precocious (5L)	4/1	70	42
17 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-5 h,b	6/15	Zoombomber (3½L)	5/1	70	33

(9)

Time Will Tell

J: S Moodley

T: F Bronkhorst

Not disgraced in sixth over 6f at Turffontein (handicap, just behind Oriental Bouquet) last Thursday.

866266

Age: 3

Weight: 9-5

OR: 68

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
7 May 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-12 b	6/9	Arizona Magic (4¾L)	6/1	68	-
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-5 b	6/11	Plumbago Park (5¼L)	5/2	69	40
31 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-9 b	2/16	Romilly (2¾L)	7/1	69	49
12 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	9-3 b	6/8	Oriental Bouquet (1L)	6/4	69	53
24 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-8 b	6/16	Hathighwaytothesky (1¾L)	40/1	70	50
11 Jan 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-10 b	8/17	There She Goes (3½L)	16/1	72	56

(6)

Magic Carpet Ride

J: K De Melo

T: S G Tarry

Beaten sixth of 15 over 6f at Turffontein (handicap) in March; useful at this level and from a respected trainer; likely to be in contention with so many of these having something to prove and she is running off a lower mark.

1-6096

Age: 4

Weight: 9-4

OR: 64

Days: 61

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-8	6/15	Captain Selvie (5½L)	16/1	67	40
24 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-11	9/12	Blindfire (11½L)	14/1	72	19
17 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-1	10/14	Play With The Wind (10L)	40/1	75	35
1 Jan 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-1	6/7	Al Greenga (10L)	33/10	75	30
16 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-1	1/7	Trombolines (½L)	6/4	75	48
29 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-1	7/19	Splittheeights (10½L)	5/1	-	13

(4)

Palace Revolt

J: C Maujean

T: F Bronkhorst

Finished tenth of 12 at Turffontein over 6f (handicap) last month; he meets the required standard ability wise and potentially well treated on his best form.

696650

Age: 5

Weight: 9-4

OR: 64

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
30 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-3 b	10/12	Sosoru (14L)	10/1	64	23
31 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-10 b	5/16	Romilly (4¼L)	8/1	65	43
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11 b	6/7	Pivotal Role (2½L)	6/1	66	-
14 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-0 b	6/13	Captain Selvie (2L)	20/1	68	43
24 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-2 b	9/16	Hathighwaytothesky (4½L)	16/1	70	45
8 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-4 b	6/12	Never Never Land (7L)	8/1	72	36

(3)

Blup Blup ¹

J: M Mbuto ³

T: D Nieuwenhuizen

Not disgraced when fifth in a stakes race last Monday; a number of these have questions to answer so no surprise to see her go well.

/0-005

Age: 5

Weight: 9-0

OR: 60

Days: 10

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 May 26	Vaa Vaal	6f		7-13 h¹	5/7	Trail Runner (4L)	25/1	63	-
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-8 h¹	11/11	Plumbago Park (18½L)	125/1	68	-
24 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-3 h¹	11/12	Blindfire (13L)	125/1	70	13
4 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11 h¹	11/11	Western Wishes (15½L)	40/1	70	2
16 Jun 24	Tur Turffontein	6f		8-8	9/12	What A Lucy (12L)	66/1	75	-
21 Mar 24	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	7-13	8/9	Women Of Fame (5L)	16/1	75	33

(8)

Jet Cat

J: J R Syster

T: H Van Der Westhuizen

Useful in his prime and has a good record at this venue, including three course-and-distance wins; split a number of these rivals when not disgraced last month.

487-14

Age: 10

Weight: 9-0

OR: 60

Days: 42

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-0 b	4/11	Time Is Precious (3¾L)	10/1	60	43
27 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-10 b	1/9	Blindfire (½L)	25/2	57	51
20 Dec 25	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-11 b	7/12	There She Goes (4½L)	16/1	58	24
2 Dec 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-12 b	8/9	Misty Metal (5¼L)	16/1	59	47
28 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11 b	4/13	Peregrine Falcon (4½L)	14/1	60	-
25 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-0 b	6/10	Daring Act (4¼L)	17/2	60	-

(1)

Lilac Snow

J: C Zackey

T: W C Marwing

Not beaten that far in fifth (4l) at Turffontein last month; this is her level; Craig Zackey booking heightens interest.

21-645

Age: 4

Weight: 9-0

OR: 60

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
30 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-3	5/14	Angel's Oasis (4L)	25/2	60	51
24 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-0	4/12	Blindfire (3½L)	16/1	62	43
10 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	7-11	6/10	Season's Greetings (2L)	66/1	62	48
27 Nov 25	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	1/8	Pleiades Star (½L)	4/1	59	44
14 Oct 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	2/10	Universal Girl (hd)	9/4	57	27
25 Sep 25	Vaa Vaal	6f	MdHc	8-12	3/10	She's All Mine (2½L)	10/1	57	39

(7)

Zoombomber

J: G Samo-Burthia ⁶

T: C Spies

Not beaten too far when sixth of nine in a stakes race (Greyville) last week.

023706

Age: 5

Weight: 8-12

OR: 59

Days: 8

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 May 26	Gre Greyville	5f		9-3 h,b	6/9	Chara Sands (3¼L)	5/1	60	-
2 May 26	Gre Greyville	2f		7-9 h,b	11/11	Arverni Princess (6½L)	16/1	60	-
29 Apr 26	Sco Scottsville	6f		8-9 h,b	7/10	Yannakis (4¼L)	14/1	60	53
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-0 h,b	3/11	Time Is Precious (2¼L)	11/2	60	49
29 Mar 26	Gre Greyville	6f		7-13 h,b	2/7	Victor Rail (1½L)	14/1	60	-
12 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-0 h,b	10/14	Sunset Warrior (5½L)	5/1	60	15

(2)

Oriental Bouquet

J: M Michel ³

T: G J Maroun

Good effort when 1½l runner-up over 6f at Turffontein (handicap) last Thursday; competitive shout.

155632

Age: 5

Weight: 8-8

OR: 55

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
7 May 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-3 b	2/9	Arizona Magic (1¾L)	7/1	55	-
23 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-5 b	3/11	Plumbago Park (3¼L)	33/1	55	40
2 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-6 b	6/11	Time Is Precious (4¼L)	25/2	56	39
5 Mar 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-3 b	5/7	Pivotal Role (2½L)	25/2	55	-
24 Feb 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	8-6 b	5/12	Blindfire (5¼L)	14/1	55	33
12 Feb 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Hc	8-6 b	1/8	Zoombomber (hd)	25/1	53	53

This looks tight but MAGIC CARPET RIDE is worth siding with. She is a winner. Oriental Bouquet has winning form over C&D.

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