Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 27 January Mr 74 Handicap

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	2	Union Rose (G) Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Bit below form eleventh of 19 in handicap at this course (7.3f, good, 20/1) 19 days ago. Booking of Michel a plus. Expected to be bang there.	8380-30	M Michel Michael Nicholas Houdalakis	4	60.3kg	6.50 11/2
9th	2	5	Inspiration (F) Didn't need to improve to win 8-runner maiden at Turffontein (5.8f, good, 46/100) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut.	3221-99	Craig Zackey Sean Tarry	3	59.9kg	7.50 13/2
1st	3	1	Never Never Land (G) FAV Course winner. Winner here in September. Sixth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (8f, good to soft, 6/1) 40 days ago. Back down in trip. Others more persuasive.	156-127	G Lerena Stuart Pettigrew	3	59.9kg	1.91 10/11
10th	4	12	Western Wishes (M) B Career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D (soft, 25/2) 35 days ago. Merits consideration.	317931-	Kabelo Matsunyane Mano Pandaram	6	59.9kg	19 18/1
2nd	5	4	Prized Platinum (G) Course winner. Latest win here in September. 50/1, tenth of 15 in handicap at this C&D (good) 19 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.	0-20040	C Maujean Clinton Binda	5	59.4kg	34 33/1
5th	6	8	Tana Maree (M) C&D winner. Eleventh of 17 in handicap (25/2) at this C&D (good). Off 6 months. Very hard to make a case for.	22180-5	Malesela Katjedi Sean Tarry	5	59.4kg	26 25/1
6th	7	7	Palace Revolt (G) B 10/1, very good third of 15 in handicap at this C&D (good) 19 days ago. Can make presence felt.	73-6966	S Khumalo Fanie Bronkhorst	5	59kg	8 7/1
7th	8	13	Prophet (G) Course winner. Twenty four runs since last win in 2022. Good fifth of 15 in handicap (25/1) at this C&D (good) 19 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.	35-7704	Trent Mayhew Corne Spies	6	59kg	19 18/1
4th	9	3	Lava Fire (G) Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. Seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (7.4f, good, 40/1) 16 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.	481740	Philasande Mxoli Tyrone Zackey	4	57.6kg	11 10/1
12th	10	10	Sail The Sky (G) Course winner. Last of 8 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 46 days ago. Has work to do.	8-08909	Blaine Marx-jacobson Chris Jonker	5	55.8kg	34 33/1
8th	11	11	Princess Lola (M) C&D winner. One win from 22 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2024. Last of 9 in handicap (33/10) at Turffontein (6f, good) 56 days ago.	853520	Ryan Munger Roy Magner	5	54.4kg	26 25/1
11th	12	9	Falcon Strike (G) B C&D winner. 16/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at this C&D (good) 19 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.	505340-	Jeffery Syster Robyn Klaasen	5	54kg	19 18/1
—	13	6	King Bluetooth (G) C&D winner. 150/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Turffontein (7f, good) 5 days ago. Uphill task.	004016	Reserve 1 Chris Jonker	3	52.2kg	101 100/1

Betting forecast: Never Never Land (10/11), Union Rose (11/2), Inspiration (13/2), Palace Revolt (7/1), Lava Fire (10/1), Prophet (18/1), Western Wishes (18/1), Falcon Strike (18/1), Tana Maree (25/1), Princess Lola (25/1), Prized Platinum (33/1), Sail The Sky (33/1), King Bluetooth (100/1)