WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:45
Off time
9
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
🏆 Top pick
FATHER CHRISTMAS (SAF
🥈 Second
DRIVELIKEAMASTER (SAF
🥉 Third
GUERILLA WARFARE (SAF
Betting forecast
10 runners01 · 🏆
2.25
5/4
02 · 🥈
4.33
10/3
03 · 🥉
7
6/1
04
7
6/1
05
8
7/1
06
10
9/1
07
11
10/1
08
15
14/1
09
19
18/1
10
51
50/1
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey / Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | 10 |
Diwali Rocket (G)
Course winner. Fifth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good, 50/1) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.
|
542838 |
Mxolisi Mbuto
Mano Pandaram |
4 | 61.7kg |
51
50/1
|
| 8th | 2 | 6 |
Sutherland (G)
Course winner. Latest win at Vaal in January. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap (6/1) at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.
|
546-164 |
Blaine Marx-jacobson
Stuart Pettigrew |
5 | 59.4kg |
8
7/1
|
| 5th | 3 | 4 |
Phil The Fluter (G)
C&D winner. 100/1, sixth of 9 in minor event at this C&D (good) 49 days ago. Uphill task.
|
1160-06 |
Kyle Strydom
Phillip / Vermeulen |
4 | 58.5kg |
10
9/1
|
| 2nd | 4 | 5 |
Drivelikeamaster (G)
Course winner. 14/10, creditable second of 5 in minor event at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.
|
422-522 |
Marco V'Rensburg
Dianne Stenger |
4 | 57.6kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| 1st | 5 | 1 |
Father Christmas (G)
FAV
Latest win at Vaal in December. Third of 5 in minor event at this C&D (good, 13/2) 21 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.
|
31-3147 |
Craig Zackey
Tony Peter |
4 | 56.7kg |
2.25
5/4
|
| — | 6 | 9 |
Copper Cliff (G)
Latest win at Vaal in January. 4/1, creditable fourth of 10 in minor event at Vaal (11.9f, good) 58 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.
|
6631-14 |
Calvin Habib
Paul Matchett |
4 | 54.4kg |
7
6/1
|
| 6th | 7 | 2 |
Greenlight Racer (C)
Two wins from 5 runs last year. 5/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Vaal (8f, good) by 1½ lengths from Guerilla Warfare. Off 7 months. Booking of Michel a plus. Uphill task.
|
9/63511- |
Mickaelle Michel
Joey Soma |
4 | 54.4kg |
11
10/1
|
| 9th | 8 | 7 |
Guerilla Warfare (G)
Course winner. One win from 36 Flat runs. Thirty two runs since last win in 2024. Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this course (8.4f, good to soft, 33/10) 12 days ago. Not taken lightly.
|
498406 |
Jason Gates
D Gray St John |
4 | 54.4kg |
19
18/1
|
| 3rd | 9 | 3 |
Boundless Love (G)
Latest win at Kenilworth in November. 25/1, eighth of 10 in minor event at Kenilworth (9f, good) 86 days ago. First run for yard after leaving J. S. Snaith.
|
88185-8 |
Kabelo Matsunyane
Robyn Klaasen |
4 | 53.1kg |
7
6/1
|
| 7th | 10 | 8 |
Lava Fire (G)
Course winner. 25/2, won 10-runner handicap at Vaal (7.2f, soft) 35 days ago.
|
481740 |
Philasande Mxoli
Tyrone Zackey |
4 | 52.2kg |
15
14/1
|
Betting forecast: Father Christmas (5/4), Drivelikeamaster (10/3), Boundless Love (6/1), Copper Cliff (6/1), Sutherland (7/1), Phil The Fluter (9/1), Greenlight Racer (10/1), Lava Fire (14/1), Guerilla Warfare (18/1), Diwali Rocket (50/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 74222.0 ZAR |
| P2 | 23759.0 ZAR |
| P3 | 11879.0 ZAR |
| P4 | 5940.0 ZAR |
| P5 | 2970.0 ZAR |