Race 8: BETONTAB.CO.ZA MR 72 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (Open)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 07 April 2022 | 16:05

Distance: 1400m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R70,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 2yrs:12.0 3yrs:2.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:4.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- In Cahoots 6 b. g 59.0kg 4 - - - 54 25/1
- Strong Casha 4 b. g 49.5kg (53.5) 2 Mr S S Hlengwa - - 59 -
- Snow Symphony 4 b. f 48.0kg (52.0) 12 Mr S Sosibo - - 50 -
1st Elusive Swann 4 b. g 53.5kg (57.5) 8 Mr M H Zuma - 67 72 9/2
2nd Gilded Butterfly 3 b. f 56.5kg (58.0) 10 Mr P Mxoli 0.25 73 108 11/2
3rd Here Is The Tiger 3 ch. c 56.5kg (58.0) 5 Mr J M Solomons 1.75 73 72 8/1
4 Written In Stone 9 b. g 59.0kg 9 Mr J R Syster 3.0 70 67 25/2
5 West Point 3 b. c 56.5kg (59.0) 1 Mr G Pieterse 4.0 75 53 11/2
6 Letsdoit 3 b. g 60.0kg 2 Mr K Strydom 5.5 77 72 15/2
7 Power Ranger TF 7 b. g 57.0kg (58.5) 4 Mr K A Brewer 9.5 69 69 3/1
8 Count Pablo 3 b. g 55.5kg (57.0) 3 Mr C F Dicken 10.0 71 57 33/1
9 Father Time 5 b. g 48.5kg (52.5) 6 Mr M K Katjedi 12.5 57 56 20/1
10 Love Posy 4 ch. f 53.5kg (55.0) 7 Mr Y Ramzan 15.5 62 59 50/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
83.28s
Average Time
82.69s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R847,500

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Elusive Swann 1 67 72 +5 + 7 -2
Gilded Butterfly 2 73 108 +35 -1 + 36
Here Is The Tiger 3 73 72 -1 -1
Written In Stone 4 70 67 -3 -2 -1
West Point 5 75 53 -22 -2 -20
Letsdoit 6 77 72 -5 -2 -3
Power Ranger 7 69 69 0 -4 + 4
Count Pablo 8 71 57 -14 -4 -10
Father Time 9 57 56 -1 -5 + 4
Love Posy 10 62 59 -3 -6 + 3
In Cahoots None - 54 - -188 -
Strong Casha None - 59 - -188 -
Snow Symphony None - 50 - -188 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:
a)	POWER RANGER (*K A Brewer), COUNT PABLO (*C F Dicken) and FATHER TIME (*M K Katjedi) were 	slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	In view of the performance of POWER RANGER (*K A Brewer), (distance 9,50 lengths, betting 3/1), the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 
	Assistant Trainer A Ndzilana, acting on behalf of Trainer M F de Kock, was requested to report back to the Stipendiary Board on the condition of POWER RANGER on return to stables		
b)	ELUSIVE SWANN (*M H Zuma), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
	Stable Employee S Sawere, acting on behalf of Trainer F Bronkhorst, advised (RS).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
None.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	POWER RANGER examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	LETSDOIT abnormal respiratory noise.	

SCRATCHED:
a)	SNOW SYMPHONY insufficient recovery time. (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).		
b)	STRONG CASHA retired. Advised 4 April 2022 at 07H25.	
c)	IN CAHOOTS no suitable Apprentice available. Advised 7 April 2022 at 08H01.

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.