The Vaal Thursday

Discuss below

Vaal P/A. 3,1,3,2,2,4,2. :woohoo:

Any idea how much rain has fallen at Vaai?

Vaal

Race 1

Heather Adamson
No 1 Turf Master - He meets a weaker field than he has been up against
recently and if given a decent ride, he should have a good winning
chance
Tyrone Zackey
No 8 Deal Me In - Has a chance in this field
No 9 Royal Siege - Should be included in Quartets
No 7 Whipping Boy - Trying a longer distance. Chance if he stays

Race 2

Clinton Binda
No 1 Final Destination - Will need the run
Robbie Sage
No 6 Cavendish Bentinck - Needs the experience
Alec Laird
No 7 Electra Flying - Nice horse, needs further
Chris Jonker
No 11 Orphelin Noir - Expecting a very good run
Erico Verdonese
No 13 Royal Tiger - Will need the experience
Johan Janse van Vuuren
No 14 Up Early - Extremely immature and will need the run
No 16 Miss Kylie - Nice filly, looking for further, could make the minor money
Corne Spies
No 12 Power Shot - He's still very green and is better than his form
suggest. I do hope to see improvement from him.

Race 3

Tobie Spies
No 7 Cultured Pearl - Still be green
Clinton Binda
No 10 Kings Road - Will need the run
No 13 Zig Zag - Will need the run
Corne Spies
No 6 Captains Fort - Disappointing last run so we have elected to
bring him back in trip. Hoping he can run into the minor money

Race 4

Chris Erasmus
No 6 Coira - Will need the run
Lucky Houdalakis
No 9 Ayla Eight - Will need further
Erico Verdonese
No 13 Mamaquera - Will need the experience
Johan Janse van Vuuren
No 15 That's Just Fine - Nice filly. looking for further, could make minor money
Corne Spies
No 11 Even Me - She's better than her recent runs and I'm hoping for
an improved ran. Small quartet chance

Race 5

Johan Janse van Vuuren
No 10 Cozy Dot Com - Nice filly, looking for further, could make minor money
Lucky Houdalakis
No 13 Matoaka - Will need further
Corne Spies
No 17 Decadent Lady - Will need the run
No 16 Some Adventure - Still very green
Heather Adamson
No 11 Dune Goddess - Showed good pace on debut before weakening and
I'm hoping to see improvement
Coenie de Beer
No 12 Foxy Vixen - Is fit and well

Race 6

Sean Tarry
No 3 Lainsberg Blue - Will need the run
Corne Spies
No 12 Baby Let's Mambo - He comes back after a short break and may need this run
No 15 Windy Flight - Was not disgraced against stronger last time and
he should have a good each-way chance
Geoff Woodruff
No 8 Sir Geoffrey - He's had a couple of nice grass gallops and is one
to include in exotics

Race 7

Geoff Woodruff
No 3 Zouaves - He's back over his best distance and should be in the firing line

Race 8
Coenie de Beer
No 15 Land Of Rubies - Is fit and well
Corne Spies
No 2 All Of Me - She comes back from a break and Im hoping she can
finish in the first three
No 10 Mazari - Decent last run after a rest, one to include in quartets

Race 9

Geoff Woodruff
No 14 Humour Me - Disappointing last run over 2400 meters. Hoping for
a better run

With all the hullabaloo surrounding Prince Andrew,I'm surprised that the favorite in race 2 is still a runner :ohmy: :ohmy: :whistle: :whistle:

RACE ONE

NO.3 VOODOO (WIN) (maybe he was cursed not to break his maiden) :blink: :blink:

Gau:Tfntn
Wet:7:0-3-1
Crs: 13:0-0-1
Dst: 22:0-2-4
C&D:7:0-0-1

Very weak field...only has to beat the first 2 in the betting...where one has never been over the distance and the other a 4th place

So experienced over distance (20/1)

Ride him sleeping at the back..and work him on the 1000m straight :whistle: :whistle:

Maybe the equipment change will do the trick...

The horse should be scratched until the investigation has been concluded. :whistle:

WHIPPING BOY ew
ORPHELIN NOIR ew -fixed 4 places
LADY SCARLETINA ew
OCEANS PRIDE ew fixed place
MASAAQAAT
TRUE WORDS ew
MOUNT RAINIER ew
SOCIAL ORDER ew

I see whylie lench went from 16-1 into 18-10

Thoughts on a gloomy day ....

R2: Of those in the betting, I think Orphelin Noir with the clain is the right one, but all those quoted less than 10s need to be included in the BP to make sure

R3: Again all 5 horse in single figure odds need to be considered, my first choice is Lady Scarletina

R4: I fancy Tartan Dancer after a very good run last week - Wylie Wench finding big betting support though, so needs to be considered with the consistent Single Red Rose - these 3 stand out

R5: Should be another straight forward match between Masaaquaat and Cosmic Ray - my preference for the Masaaquaat

R6: Now it gets tougher; Lazarus Tree has blinkers removed and is my first choice from Tokyo Drift and Norland; Sir Geoffrey could upset, and runners like Movie Magic, Electromagnetic, True Words, Category Four and Windy Flight can also feature

R7: Zouaves best this distance and is my choice to beat the two Tarry inmates

R8: Very tough race where the field is probably needed for the P6 and JP; Sally Called looks well weighted and is my roughie

R9: I fancy Nimcha, with Kurt's Approval and Mount Rainer the biggest dangers; Jagesa Jagesa, Hidden Agenda and Set the Standard to chase them home

Enjoy

RACE 2

NO 14 UP EARLY (E/W)

full pedigree is a graded,Sprint placed horse

And Romi's boy ran second on Debut over the Vaal 1200m

Corne Spies
No 6 Captains Fort - Disappointing last run so we have elected to
bring him back in trip. Hoping he can run into the minor money

RACE 3

NO.6 CAPTAINS FORT (E/W)

SHOWS PACE!!