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8 October 2026

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Sands Of Valhalla

J: K Strydom

T: A P Peter

21735

Age: 3

Weight: 9-6

OR: 95

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Oct 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-4	5/6	Gone Cold (4½L)	4/1	95	-
12 Sep 26	Tur Turffontein	8f	NvMdHc	9-2	3/7	Palace Attack (4¾L)	18/10	97	40
26 Jul 26	Gre Greyville	6f		9-6	7/13	Fish Tales (5L)	40/1	89	62
21 May 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-0	1/15	Highwayman Harry (1½L)	9/4	-	49
21 Apr 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	2/11	Egremont (3L)	5/1	-	52

(9)

Status Symbol ¹

J: K De Melo

T: S G Tarry

402804

Age: 3

Weight: 9-4

OR: 93

Days: 26

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 Sep 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvMdHc	9-6 h¹	4/6	Little Boy Blue (2½L)	5/2	94	54
26 Jul 26	Gre Greyville	6f		9-6 h¹	10/13	Fish Tales (5¾L)	125/1	94	55
23 May 26	Sco Scottsville	6f		9-6 h¹	8/9	Haute Couture (12L)	50/1	-	47
28 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-2 h¹	2/6	Time Is Precious (1½L)	33/10	-	-
11 Apr 26	Gre Greyville	6f		9-6 h¹	10/14	Turn It Up (7½L)	100/1	-	46
21 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-6	4/6	Turn It Up (6¼L)	13/2	-	56

(2)

Kavady

J: T Godden

T: M Pandaram

326596

Age: 3

Weight: 9-2

OR: 91

Days: 74

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Jul 26	Gre Greyville	6f		9-3	6/11	Palace Of Arvernia (4½L)	40/1	91	42
16 Jul 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	8-3	9/10	Blizzard Snow (6¼L)	25/2	91	-
6 Jun 26	Gre Greyville	7f		9-6	5/10	Alice B Toklas (4¾L)	9/2	-	30
23 May 26	Sco Scottsville	6f		9-6	6/16	Get Up (6¼L)	100/1	-	60
10 May 26	Tur Turffontein	6f		9-6	2/10	Flower Island (3L)	16/1	-	33
28 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	6f		8-10	3/6	Time Is Precious (3¾L)	25/1	-	-

(7)

Rachettu

J: K Matsunyane

T: A P Peter

-63721

Age: 4

Weight: 8-11

OR: 76

Days: 75

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Jul 26	Dur Durbanville	6f	Md	9-6	1/9	Fourth Of July (½L)	17/2	72	-
21 Jun 26	Ken Kenilworth	6f	Md	8-11	2/9	Coffee Crunch (4L)	9/2	70	19
19 May 26	Ken Kenilworth	5f	Md	9-6	7/8	Diamond Baron (5½L)	28/10	73	40
18 Apr 26	Ken Kenilworth	5f	Md	8-11	3/7	Hedrivesmecrazy (1½L)	7/1	76	56
20 Feb 26	Fai Fairview	7f	Md	9-6	6/14	Susurrando (12L)	18/10	76	25
24 Dec 25	Ken Kenilworth	5f	Md	9-11	9/9	Final Call (9¾L)	28/10	76	16

(11)

Cool Gambler

J: C Murray

T: M/M De Kock

Age: 4

Weight: 8-10

OR: 75

Days: 63

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	1/9	Forever Canford (4L)	3/1	-	67
7 Mar 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	5/10	Dante's Bond (8¼L)	2/1	-	21

(10)

Evening Parade

J: C Habib

T: C Binda

713

Age: 3

Weight: 8-9

OR: 85

Days: 89

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Jul 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Hc	9-1	3/10	Winter In Auckland (2½L)	33/10	84	47
14 Jun 26	Tur Turffontein	5f	Md	9-0	1/10	Isaac Stephan (2¼L)	8/1	-	45
26 May 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6	7/13	Fierceness (8¾L)	20/1	-	28

(5)

Matroosberg ¹

J: S Moodley

T: S G Tarry

7-5965

Age: 4

Weight: 8-9

OR: 74

Days: 19

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Sep 26	Tur Turffontein	7f	NvMdHc	9-2 h¹	5/6	Raptor King (16L)	66/1	79	10
12 Sep 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvMdHc	9-4	6/6	Little Boy Blue (6½L)	40/1	79	38
13 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	7f	Hc	9-4 h¹	9/9	Brave Waam (31L)	25/1	79	-
1 Aug 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	NvHc	9-5 h¹	5/6	Sakura Hanami (4½L)	40/1	79	48
4 Oct 25	Tur Turffontein	7f	Hc	9-2 h¹	7/7	Prince Of Kildare (17L)	6/1	82	-
30 Aug 25	Vaa Vaal	7f	Md	9-6 h¹	1/7	My Lucky Charm (1½L)	4/1	82	-

(1)

Treasure State

J: M K Katjedi

T: S G Tarry

3341

Age: 4

Weight: 8-5

OR: 70

Days: 16

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
22 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	1/10	Satisfied (¾L)	11/2	61	38
3 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-1	4/7	Periodic Table (5¼L)	7/1	-	22
29 Jan 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-1	3/5	Rock Music (2¼L)	6/1	-	41
3 Jan 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	3/6	Gulf Of America (6L)	4/1	-	-

(8)

Willow Charm

J: A Mosaheb ⁶

T: S J Gray

605621

Age: 4

Weight: 8-5

OR: 70

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
10 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6 b	1/9	Two Tigers (hd)	33/1	66	52
16 Aug 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6 b	2/6	Camillo Cavour (2L)	14/1	61	37
6 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6 b	6/9	Cool Gambler (8¾L)	40/1	63	35
23 Jul 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6 b	5/9	Echoes Of War (5¾L)	25/1	66	43
21 May 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-3 b	10/15	Sands Of Valhalla (9½L)	40/1	66	19
12 Apr 26	Tur Turffontein	6f	Md	9-6	6/8	Arizona Magic (14½L)	20/1	70	-

(6)

God's Country

J: J R Syster

T: B Webber

495612

Age: 4

Weight: 8-3

OR: 64

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Oct 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-4	2/7	Nkandla Gold (2L)	20/1	64	-
17 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6	1/10	Golden Slipstream (hd)	25/1	61	5
3 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6	6/7	Periodic Table (7½L)	40/1	58	16
27 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6 b	5/12	Time To Fire (2¾L)	125/1	58	41
6 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Md	9-6 b	9/9	Cool Gambler (13L)	40/1	58	23
23 Jul 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Md	9-6 b	4/9	Echoes Of War (3¼L)	66/1	50	51

(3)

Ada Lovelace

J: P Mxoli

T: B Webber

687877

Age: 4

Weight: 8-3

OR: 62

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Oct 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-2	7/7	Nkandla Gold (14L)	25/1	62	-
17 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	8-11 b	7/8	Salute The Flag (10L)	33/1	64	35
10 Sep 26	Vaa Vaal	6f		8-7 b	8/11	Nkandla Gold (13½L)	33/1	64	17
27 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	6f	Hc	9-1	7/8	Elusive Red (8¾L)	33/1	69	30
19 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	6f		8-11	8/12	Nkandla Gold (9L)	33/1	69	28
6 Aug 26	Vaa Vaal	5f	Hc	9-4	6/7	Magic Carpet Ride (7L)	25/1	70	36

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