The Vaal Hosts Thursday’s Local Racing Action: An Eight-Race Card with a 12:25 Start
Track Information
- Surface: Turf
- Track Length: 2800m oval track
- Race Distances: Races up to 1000m straight course; beyond 1000m clockwise round turn with 1000m run-in
- Draw Bias: High-number draws favored over 1000m; low-number draws best at 1200m and 1450m
- Weather: Sunny, 2-21°C, 14-32 km/h South Westerly Cross/Head Wind. Sunset @ 17:37
- Going: Good, Pen 21
- False Rail: Zero back straight to 7.5m on the bend with a 7.5m spur at the 600m mark
Race Schedule
8 Races from 12:25 – 4:35
WSB Best Bets
- Race 1: Final Try
- Trainer: J J Van Vuuren / Jockey: G Lerena
- Improving with every run, and his first win looks just around the corner.
- Race 4: Fifth Of July
- Trainer: D Nieuwenhuizen / Jockey: G Lerena
- Old boy has returned to form recently. Distance suited.
- Race 7: Dancing Dora
- Trainer: F Bronkhorst / Jockey: G Lerena
- Not won since 2022 but her last couple of runs suggest she’s capable of winning again.
- Race 8: The Navy Lark
- Trainer: J A Visser / Jockey: T Mayhew
- Speedy type can go close again in the lucky last.
