The Vaal Thursday

Wild Thing and Kings's Wild

In summary, for me:

R1: Open
R2: Open
R3: Tripswitch / Cooda
R4: Open
R5: Mystic Express
R6: Devon Gold
R7: Open
R8: Sybil

Draws over the 1200 / 1450 always a huge factor, so some longer priced runners to include in trifectas / quartets include Travelling Mullins in the first and Jannu in the 7th. In the 5th Regents Agency has her 2nd run on the sand after 'not striding out' in her previous attempt, by Albert Hall, so may be worth another chance on the sand and is upset material imo

Enjoy

R1 victory silk, wild thing, south fork
R2 Olympic bolt ( jock needs to make up for last time, cost me the pa 12 times)
R3 tripswitch, lightning Lilly.
R4 son of approval, chedwin park, cerise silk.
R5 all jammed up, mystic express.
R6 Dennis, Cheshire Cat, Pinot noir.
R7 amour de la bonte, kings wild
R8 Sybil, jumpstart, breathless, imperial empress.

Pa with these horses for me today, all the best chaps.

rob faux wrote: Before you discard Creative Stripe, go to the RA site and look at the last run and the strange ride!!!!

He's had quite a lot of racing recently and didn't travel as well as he had previously

rob faux wrote: Before you discard Creative Stripe, go to the RA site and look at the last run and the strange ride!!!!

I recommend you read the stipes report for the race...interesting van der merwe replaces striker today after striker was carded to ride

Tim wrote:

rob faux wrote: Before you discard Creative Stripe, go to the RA site and look at the last run and the strange ride!!!!

He's had quite a lot of racing recently and didn't travel as well as he had previously

Exactly....... Take note of jockey change!!!!

Sorry Rob i see he was carded to ride and did you have Creative Stripe a clear winner last start

colors wrote: Sorry Rob i see he was carded to ride and did you have Creative Stripe a clear winner last start

No!....did not even notice the ride until I got a call and was asked to give my opinion of it !

Frodo wrote: In summary, for me:

R1: Open
R2: Open
R3: Tripswitch / Cooda
R4: Open
R5: Mystic Express
R6: Devon Gold
R7: Open
R8: Sybil

Draws over the 1200 / 1450 always a huge factor, so some longer priced runners to include in trifectas / quartets include Travelling Mullins in the first and Jannu in the 7th. In the 5th Regents Agency has her 2nd run on the sand after 'not striding out' in her previous attempt, by Albert Hall, so may be worth another chance on the sand and is upset material imo

Enjoy

also interested in Regent's Agency and i really wish Freddie could have his first winner and to me the jockey engagement is a positive

Strange ride or not, for me CS has been give a big penalty after beating a very moderate bunch in his penultimate - so I think he might struggle to win again at his current rating - I guess we will see today

Frodo wrote: Strange ride or not, for me CS has been give a big penalty after beating a very moderate bunch in his penultimate - so I think he might struggle to win again at his current rating - I guess we will see today

OK, for me only Kings Consent and maybe Cerise silk to beat - we will all know later

(Included Son Of Approval in large perm, anything else in that race and I am out :woohoo: )

When you look at Ermine Streets two post maiden runs you get the feeling Arctic Hooligan is superior to Creative Stripes and its for that you cannot rule out Chedwin Park