Thursday’s local racing action takes place at The Vaal, featuring a nine-race card kicking off at 12:15. Keep an eye out for Mike de Kock’s Tyrconnell, who seems poised for victory in race 7, especially if bringing his top form over this extended trip.
Track Details
Turf. 3000m oval circuit. Races up to 1600m straight course; beyond 1600m clockwise round turn with 1000m run-in.
Low-number draws slightly favoured in 1700m races.
Weather Watch
Cloudy with 65% chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms, 13-26degs, 11-37 km/h South Westerly Cross/Head Wind. Sunset @ 18:10
Going
Good, Pen 22
False Rail
Outside rail – 10m in from 1600m mark with a 10m spur at 600m mark. Inside rail – At zero
Happening?
9 Races from 12:15 –4:55
Best Bets
Race 4 Silky Jet
W H Marwing / P Strydom
Race 6 Viva De Janeiro
F Bronkhorst / G Lerena
Race 7 Tyrconnell
M F De Kock / S Sosibo
Race 8 Alesia`s Love
R R Magner / R Danielson
Race Comments
Race 1 – 12:15
1 PHALA MILLIONS – Fair form in this field.
8 TOGETHER AGAIN – Fair form in this field.
Race 2 – 12:50
9 WILD AT WAR – Improving with each run. Finished close third last time.
4 GORGEOUS KLEIN – Good form. Finished second last time.
Race 3 – 13:25
4 TAKE YOUR PLACE – Good debut run when finishing close second.
5 TIPPERARY – Fair debut run when finishing 4 lengths behind.
Race 4 – 14:00
10 CEUTA – Fair debut run when finishing third.
1 SILKY JET – Fair form in this field.
Race 5 – 14:35
2 IN A BLUE MOON – Displayed improvements last time when finishing close second.
1 DUAL PROPHECY – Fair form in this field.
Race 6 – 15:10
4 CARNELO – Ignore his last start. Finished third in his previous 3 races.
6 VIVA DE JANEIRO – Consistent form. Finished third last time.
Race 7 – 15:45
6 TYRCONNELL – Good form. Should be competitive here.
7 WHORLY WHORLY – Consistent form. Should be competitive here.
Race 8 – 16:20
3 ALESIA’S LOVE – Good form. Won her last start.
9 HILLARY STEP – Good form. Won her last start.
Race 9 – 16:55
4 IN THE ETHER – Consistent form.. Should be competitive here.
1 SIBERIAN STEEL – Consistent form. Should be competitive here despite carrying top weight.
