Race 4: RACING240 FM 86 DIVIDED HANDICAP (F & M) (For Fillies and Mares)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 28 August 2025 | 14:55

Distance: 1000m
Going: Good
Stakes: R110,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:7.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:9.5 4yrs:0.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Just The Two Of Us 4 b. f 64.0kg 3 Mr C Zackey - - 90 7/1
- Clairwood Rose 2 b. f 53.0kg 1 Mr K A Brewer - - 77 11/2
1st Valieva 3 b. f 55.0kg 6 Mr Serino Moodley - 76 78 7/2
2nd Faithful Neo TF 3 b. f 57.5kg 1 Mr C Murray 3.5 81 80 14/10
3rd Virginia Beach 2 b. f 59.0kg 5 Mr C A Little 4.9 84 82 16/1
4 Arilena 6 b. m 55.5kg 4 Mr J Gates 7.9 77 75 11/2
5 Global Thunder 4 b. f 59.0kg 3 Mr C J Habib 9.8 84 83 7/2
6 Neerah 2 b. f 55.5kg 2 Mr P Mxoli 14.2 77 77 20/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
57.34s
Average Time
57.02s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R720,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Valieva 1 76 78 +2 + 7 -5
Faithful Neo 2 81 80 -1 -2 + 1
Virginia Beach 3 84 82 -2 -2
Arilena 4 77 75 -2 -3 + 1
Global Thunder 5 84 83 -1 -4 + 3
Neerah 6 77 77 0 -5 + 5
Just The Two Of Us None - 90 - -193 -
Clairwood Rose 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)	ARILENA (J Gates) jumped inwards leaving the stalls.	
b)	VALIEVA (S Moodley) jumped outwards, making contact with the left side front gate, leaving the stalls. 

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	Shortly after the start, GLOBAL THUNDER (C Habib) was buffeted between NEERAH (P Mxoli) and ARILENA (J Gates), which jumped inwards leaving the stalls.	
b)	NEERAH (P Mxoli) took a number of awkward strides in the concluding stages. In view of this performance, the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
c)	In view of the performance of GLOBAL THUNDER (C Habib), (distance 9,80 lengths, betting 7/2), the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
d)	VALIEVA (S Moodley), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.	
Trainer F Bronkhorst advised (MduP).
	
JOCKEY CHANGES:
None. 

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
None. 

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	NEERAH choked up.
b)	GLOBAL THUNDER not striding out right hind.

SCRATCHED:
a)	JUST THE TWO OF US	 Stipes permission. Advised 26 August 2025 at 11H07.	
b)	CLAIRWOOD ROSE insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.