Race 7: GORDON STERLEY, HENNIE VAN WYK, HAROLD WHITEHEAD MR 78 HANDICAP (Open)

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Saturday, 09 April 2022 | 15:12

Distance: 1600m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R80,000
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
1st Indus Knight 3 ch. g 51.5kg (53.0) 4 Mr J M Solomons - 69 70 16/1
2nd Calibre Crest TF 3 ch. g 57.5kg 8 Mr J Mariba 3.25 78 74 5/2
3rd Let There Be Light 4 b. f 60.0kg 3 Mr W B Kennedy 5.45 78 59 6/1
4 Dawn Of A New Era 4 b. g 58.5kg 7 Mr G J Lerena 6.75 75 78 28/10
5 Sergei 4 b. g 53.5kg 5 Mr Wesley Marwing 8.5 65 55 33/1
6 Leshawes 3 b. g 55.5kg 9 Mr R Munger 9.2 74 73 25/2
7 In Cahoots 6 b. g 56.0kg 6 Mr C J Habib 9.6 70 54 16/1
8 Romeo's Magic 7 ch. g 57.5kg 2 Mr L M van Rensburg 10.6 73 73 33/1
9 King Arthur 3 b. g 55.0kg (56.5) 1 Mr K A Brewer 13.1 76 68 17/2
10 Castle Corner 4 b. g 60.0kg 10 Mr K Matsunyane 14.0 78 72 25/2

Race Timing

Winning Time
99.68s
Average Time
98.55s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R940,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Indus Knight 1 69 70 +1 + 7 -6
Calibre Crest 2 78 74 -4 -2 -2
Let There Be Light 3 78 59 -19 -2 -17
Dawn Of A New Era 4 75 78 +3 -3 + 6
Sergei 5 65 55 -10 -3 -7
Leshawes 6 74 73 -1 -4 + 3
In Cahoots 7 70 54 -16 -4 -12
Romeo's Magic 8 73 73 0 -4 + 4
King Arthur 9 76 68 -8 -5 -3
Castle Corner 10 78 72 -6 -5 -1
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:
a)	KING ARTHUR (*K A Brewer) was slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	Jockey K Matsunyane reported that CASTLE CORNER did not stride out freely in running. 
	The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 
b)	INDUS KNIGHT (*J Solomons), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer A Peter, acting on behalf of Trainer P A Peter, advised (DR).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	LESHAWES raced with a compression mask (declared 8 April 2022 at 09H58).	
	
THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	CASTLE CORNER examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	ROMEO'S MAGIC overreach right front.
c)	SERGEI fatigued.

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS.
	
DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.