Race 3: CITIZEN MR 104 HANDICAP (Open)

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Saturday, 02 April 2022 | 12:55

Distance: 1600m
Going: Good
Stakes: R130,000
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
- Noble Striker 3 b. g 55.5kg 9 - - - 98 7/1
1st Indlamu 4 b. c 53.5kg (55.0) 5 Mr J M Solomons - 94 86 14/1
2nd City By The Sea TF 4 ch. g 52.0kg 3 Mr W B Kennedy 0.05 88 74 5/1
3rd Leopold 5 b. g 53.5kg 1 Mr K de Melo 0.6 91 79 10/1
4 Willow Express 7 gr. g 58.5kg 6 Mr R D Fourie 1.6 101 82 11/2
5 Theory Of Flight 4 b. g 55.5kg 4 Mr S Khumalo 1.75 95 91 20/1
6 Irish Tractor 4 b. g 55.5kg 10 Mr K Matsunyane 2.0 95 102 5/1
7 Fight Song 4 b. g 53.0kg 2 Mr M A Yeni 2.4 90 94 5/1
8 Tierra Del Fuego 6 b. g 60.5kg 9 Mr C J Habib 4.5 105 104 8/1
9 Youcanthurrylove 5 b. g 59.0kg (60.5) 8 Mr K A Brewer 7.0 105 86 16/1
10 Back To Black 4 b. g 53.0kg 7 Mr J P van der Merwe 9.0 90 89 8/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
98.79s
Average Time
97.46s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R4,320,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Indlamu 1 94 86 -8 + 7 -15
City By The Sea 2 88 74 -14 -1 -13
Leopold 3 91 79 -12 -1 -11
Willow Express 4 101 82 -19 -1 -18
Theory Of Flight 5 95 91 -4 -1 -3
Irish Tractor 6 95 102 +7 -1 + 8
Fight Song 7 90 94 +4 -1 + 5
Tierra Del Fuego 8 105 104 -1 -2 + 1
Youcanthurrylove 9 105 86 -19 -3 -16
Back To Black 10 90 89 -1 -4 + 3
Noble Striker None - 98 - -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)	YOUCANTHURRYLOVE (*K A Brewer) was slow losing one length.
b)	IRISH TRACTOR (K Matsunyane) was stubborn loading and thereafter lost one length.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:

a)	In the concluding stages, THEORY OF FLIGHT (S Khumalo) was brushed out by LEOPOLD (K de Melo) which was switched out to continue its run.
b)	Jockey J P van der Merwe reported that he felt something amiss with BACK TO BLACK in running.  The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding.
c)	INDLAMU (*J Solomons), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.  Trainer S G Tarry advised (LN).


JOCKEY CHANGES:

None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:

a)	INDLAMU raced without a tongue tie (declared 2 April 2022 at 08H56).

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	WILLOW EXPRESS scalped right hind.
b)	BACK TO BLACK examined post race, nothing obvious detected.

SCRATCHED:

a)	NOBLE STRIKER insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.