Vaal 17 July

Hi! to all Clansmen

A difficult card awaits us. Can anyone offer any insight and/or selections.

2 Cents- can you please post your selections if possible.

Early betting (Blackpearlbetting and Interbet) and card changes (Tabgold) :

Race 1, 7/10 Officer Class; 18/10 Mzingeli; 7/1 Duke's Assembly, Kings Gold; 14/1 bar

Race 2, 9/10 Tana; 4/1 Roman Games; 7/1 Spanish Armada, First Waltz; 10/1 Bel's Empress; 14/1 bar
Scratched, Sylvanette

Race 3, 1/1 Everwood; 13/10 Ishara; 5/1 Star Caller; 7/1 Cape Palace; 16/1 bar

Race 4, 2/1 Made in Manhatten; 5/2 Welo; 5/1 Glastnost, Pacific Sands; 8/1 Counter Tenor; 12/1 Spy Ring, Ovideus; 16/1 bar
Scratched, Fearless Assassin
Welo, A.Marcus; Pacific Sands, M.Mienie; Chicken Run, C.Little

Race 5, 22/10 Grandalea; 28/10 Mat Gold; 9/2 Coastal One; 6/1 Aphrodite's Secret; 8/1 Queens Tester, Gripsholm; 12/1 Norma Rae; 14/1 bar
Scratched, Cantabria, Imperial Action
Dancing Aunt, A.Marcus

Race 6, 7/2 Major Champion; 4/1 Techno Rave; 11/2 Genius my King; 6/1 Aikido, Secretivity; 7/1 Ruckus; 10/1 Fearless Thomas, Major Storm; 16/1 bar

Race 7, 12/10 Masterful Man; 5/1 News Presenter; 6/1 Algiers, Philosophy Stone; 8/1 St Stithian, Foreign Call; 25/1 bar
Philosophy Stone, J.Geroudis

Race 8, 5/1 Montague, Special Award; 11/2 Tattletale, Honourable; 8/1 Tour Guide; 10/1 Copper Jet, Stirling Highway, Chad Baxter; 12/1 Regal Runner, Glowing Review, Lethe Lion Roar; 14/1 bar

Race 9, 7/2 Icy Compliment; 9/2 Kingcaid; 6/1 Valloire, Kariba Dawn, National Delux; 7/1 Gilda Grabit; 8/1 Rio Matola, Big Six; 10/1 Sunshine Man; 12/1 Snake Park; 16/1 bar
Scratched, Guarding Harry, Make 'em Pay
Sunshine Man, D.Habib; Petit Cheval, A.Nienaber

Thoughts and personal fancies :

Race 1, Only Duke's Assembly has run on sand and expect him to go close. Value at 7/1. Adding Smackem for the roughie and swinger.

Race 2, Not the most inspiring field i've seen, looking for Spanish Armada to upstage the fav who's never seen the sand and disappointed a few times when fav.
Roughie, Dr Vienna

Race 3, 2 short-priced favourites here, and both can get beat in another upset result. My 2 lurkers, In the Field and Carmen.

Race 4, Made in Manhatten made a promising debut on sand over 1200m, and looks hard to oppose. For exotics will add Welo, Counter Tenor and Spy Ring.

Race 5, My honey, Aphrodite's Secret working well and hoping she can upset them again. Will be adding Coastal One in the pick 6.

Race 6, Techno Rave holding form well and could get the hat-trick. Also fancy Fearless Thomas, if one ignores 1 bad sand run in May, some decent sand runs earlier in the year.

Race 7, Algiers and Russian Rhythym for the upset.

Race 8, Tricky race, load. Adding Gun Powder 'n Grit, Chad Baxter and Sphekepheke to the more obvious choices.

Race 9, Another mine-field. Really fancy Snake Park at a nice price to win here.
Will add Icy Compliment, Valloire and National Delux in the mix.

Ouzo to clan runners and punters.

Race 7,

I have to agree with you cuckoo.

Very nice 14/1 double available today.

Race 4: 11 Made In Manhatten ran a very nice sand debut over 1200m, running on at the finish and is well drawn at 3 with the scratching. Welo drawn widest of all and this 1450m race starts vertually on the bend making it very difficult for him to win from there. Made In Manhatten should be a big runner.

Race 6: 10 Techno Rave in very good form and only received a 2 pound penalty for his last 2 wins due to a low turf MR. With the apprentice allowance is 5kg's better off with Major Champion for a 1.5 lenght beating. Techno Rave also looks like he's improved from that run and looks nice value at 4/1.

Rest of the card looks very tough.

Wishing all a good day.

Race 2: Tana 9/10 not for me!!

Cuckoo I agree about Snake park I've included in my place fourfold with Queens tester, Burkes Luck and Philosophy stone.

Race 9 Add Valloire to all bets. Expected to be concerned at the finish

expecting a top run from KING's Gold race 1

Sunshine man for me but cant find the tip of my pen at the moment nevermind tip a winner.

Optimistic PA:

1,3
2,11
1,2
2,9,10
2,4,5,6,10
3,6
4,10

Comes to R480 - being a huge betting man, I'll take 10%

Ouzo!

I like Ovideus in the 4th for swinger/Trifecta and Quartets

Ruckus and Techno Rave

Genius My King is a Captain Al - should really enjoy the sand and has raced against stronger