Race 2: WARREN BAILIE, BENNIE DE WET, ROOIES FOURIE, GREG HOLME GRADUATION PLATE (Maidens,1 & 2 time winners)

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Saturday, 09 April 2022 | 12:10

Distance: 1600m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R110,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Another Level 3 b. g 57.0kg 5 Mr J P van der Merwe - - 86 16/1
1st Outofthedarkness TF 3 b. g 60.0kg 5 Mr G J Lerena - 110 101 5/10
2nd About To Storm 3 b. g 56.5kg 3 Mr W B Kennedy 0.75 84 82 10/1
3rd Whafeef 6 b. g 60.0kg 2 Mr R Danielson 1.5 91 91 7/1
4 Sound Of Hounds 3 b. c 60.0kg 1 Mr A Domeyer 6.9 80 80 5/1
5 Fisher King 3 b. g 60.0kg 6 Mr K Matsunyane 13.2 85 84 25/1
6 Humble Tune 4 b. g 59.0kg 4 Mr D de Gouveia 23.2 74 58 50/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
100.11s
Average Time
97.79s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R940,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Outofthedarkness 1 110 101 -9 + 7 -16
About To Storm 2 84 82 -2 -1 -1
Whafeef 3 91 91 0 -1 + 1
Sound Of Hounds 4 80 80 0 -3 + 3
Fisher King 5 85 84 -1 -5 + 4
Humble Tune 6 74 58 -16 -8 -8
Another Level None - 86 - -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)	SOUND OF HOUNDS (A Domeyer) jumped outwards leaving the stalls.	
b)	OUTOFTHEDARKNESS (G Lerena) and ABOUT TO STORM (W Kennedy) were slow losing one length.	
THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	In the concluding stages, WHAFEEF (R Danielson) was carried out marginally by ABOUT TO STORM (W Kennedy), which shifted out away from the crop and was straightened. 
b)	Jockey	D De Gouveia reported that he felt something amiss with HUMBLE TUNE in running and he did not persevere with his riding from the 200m. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 
	Stable Employee M Ncube, acting on behalf of Trainer C Dawson, was requested to report back to the Stipendiary Board on the condition of HUMBLE TUNE on return to stables	
c)	OUTOFTHEDARKNESS (G Lerena), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer J J van Vuuren advised (AH).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
a)	ABOUT TO STORM was ridden by Jockey W Kennedy (declared 9 April 2022 at 08H42). 

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	ABOUT TO STORM raced without blinkers (declared 8 April 2022 at 07H25).	

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	HUMBLE TUNE examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	WHAFEEF blowing post race.	
c)	SOUND OF HOUNDS coughing post race.

SCRATCHED:
a)	ANOTHER LEVEL off feed (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).		

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.