Race 9: PERFECTLY PLACED CLASS 4 (Open. Benchmark at 60.0kg = 80)

KENILWORTH RACECOURSE | Wednesday, 16 April 2025 | 16:40

Distance: 1600m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R120,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 2yrs:12.5 3yrs:2.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:4.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Azzurri 4 b. g 57.5kg 2 Mr C A Little - - 77 6/1
1st Chasingtherainbow 3 b. g 57.0kg 7 Mr K Matsunyane - 78 93 33/1
2nd Hoodia TF 4 b. g 60.0kg 4 Mr P C Orffer 0.1 79 76 5/2
3rd Arbitration 2 b. c 57.5kg 3 Mr J P van der Merwe 0.5 79 78 14/1
4 King's Quest 3 b. g 60.0kg 6 Mr A C Fortune 1.25 84 89 6/1
5 Water Dragon 2 b. c 56.5kg 13 Mr S D Veale 2.0 72 70 40/1
6 Heal And Soul 3 b. g 60.0kg 1 Mr L Mxothwa 3.5 84 79 10/1
7 Noble Hero 3 ch. g 57.5kg 2 Mr J M Solomons 5.0 79 78 16/1
8 Touchdown 4 b. g 57.0kg 11 Mr O Noach 5.3 73 73 16/1
9 It Is My Time 3 b. g 59.5kg 10 Mr M A Winnaar 5.4 83 88 50/1
10 Unicorn Alert 3 b. c 58.0kg 5 Mr M A Yeni 6.4 75 61 9/2
11 My Bestie 7 b. g 55.5kg (59.5) 12 Mr S Bungane 8.4 78 61 33/1
12 Sail To The Moon 4 b. g 54.0kg (56.5) 9 Mr B J A Plaatjies 10.15 72 67 16/1
13 Bel Canto Dream 3 b. g 60.0kg 8 Mr C Zackey 10.65 84 71 10/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
100.75s
Average Time
100.39s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R1,060,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Chasingtherainbow 1 78 93 +15 + 7 + 8
Hoodia 2 79 76 -3 -1 -2
Arbitration 3 79 78 -1 -1
King's Quest 4 84 89 +5 -1 + 6
Water Dragon 5 72 70 -2 -1 -1
Heal And Soul 6 84 79 -5 -2 -3
Noble Hero 7 79 78 -1 -2 + 1
Touchdown 8 73 73 0 -2 + 2
It Is My Time 9 83 88 +5 -2 + 7
Unicorn Alert 10 75 61 -14 -3 -11
My Bestie 11 78 61 -17 -3 -14
Sail To The Moon 12 72 67 -5 -4 -1
Bel Canto Dream 13 84 71 -13 -4 -9
Azzurri None - 77 - -193 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:

a)	CHASINGTHERAINBOW (K Matsunyane) was slow into stride.
	
THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: 

a)	SAIL TO THE MOON (*B Plaatjies) and IT IS MY TIME (M Winnaar) over raced in the early and middle stages.
b)	ARBITRATION (JP van der Merwe) was hanging out from the 400m.
c) 	SAIL TO THE MOON (*B Plaatjies) and MY BESTIE (*S Bungane) were inconvenienced slightly on the outside of IT IS MY TIME (M Winnaar), which shifted out at the 200m.
d)	MY BESTIE (*S Bungane) raced wide throughout.
e)	TOUCHDOWN (O Noach) returned with a bilateral epistaxis due to an exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage and is suspended for a period of 60 days from racing in any race under the jurisdiction of The National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa in terms of Rule 93.1. (Dr E Reynders)
f)	CHASINGTHERAINBOW, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer B Crawford was advised. (TJ)

JOCKEY AND/OR EQUIPMENT CHANGES:

a)	A Fortune rode KING'S QUEST (declared 11h43 on 20250415)

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER

a)	Nil 

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	TOUCHDOWN - bilateral epistaxis. Suspended 60 days. Rule 93.1 applied.

SCRATCHED:

a)	AZZURRI - abnormal temperature. Rule 53.5 applied (declared 18h02 on 20250415)