Race 6: #YOUCANBETONUS! MR 66 HANDICAP (Open)

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Thursday, 12 February 2026 | 15:35

Distance: 1000m
Going: Good
Stakes: R90,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:3.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:4.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Nkandla Gold 4 ch. g 58.5kg 5 Mr R Danielson - - 63 20/1
- Daring Act 4 b. g 58.0kg 10 - - - 60 16/1
1st Oriental Bouquet 4 ch. f 53.5kg 8 Mr M K Katjedi - 53 56 25/1
2nd Zoombomber 2 b. g 57.0kg 2 Mr L Nhlapo 0.25 60 60 10/1
2nd Queen's Pact 2 b. f 59.5kg 1 Mr P Mxoli 0.25 71 69 6/1
4 Time For Charity 5 b. m 58.5kg 5 Mr G J Lerena 0.45 63 61 7/2
5 Tiger Storm 3 b. g 59.5kg (62.0) 4 Mr Jace Botes 0.75 70 69 10/1
6 Time Will Tell TF 2 b. c 58.5kg 3 Mr M A Yeni 1.25 69 69 15/10
7 In The Ether 6 b. m 59.5kg 7 Mr R Munger 1.75 65 63 25/2
8 Duellona 2 ch. f 52.0kg (56.0) 6 Mr B Marx - Jacobson 10.0 58 58 125/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
59.36s
Average Time
58.41s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R950,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Oriental Bouquet 1 53 56 +3 + 7 -4
Zoombomber 2 60 60 0 -1 + 1
Queen's Pact 2 71 69 -2 -1 -1
Time For Charity 4 63 61 -2 -1 -1
Tiger Storm 5 70 69 -1 -1
Time Will Tell 6 69 69 0 -1 + 1
In The Ether 7 65 63 -2 -1 -1
Duellona 8 58 58 0 -4 + 4
Nkandla Gold None - 63 - -188 -
Daring Act None - 60 - -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)	NKANDLA GOLD (R Danielson) was slow, losing five lengths.
b)	TIGER STORM (*J Botes) was slow, losing one length.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	All horses selected for TCO2 were within the required levels, and no retests were recorded.
b)	A race review was called into the start of this race regarding NKANDLA GOLD (R Danielson) in stall gate 5, where it was established that this gelding had cast his head into the adjacent stall as the start was effected. The Board was satisfied that this gelding's head was not in the stall gate allocated to him, and acting in terms of Rule 61.6.11, declared him to be a non-runner.
c)	Shortly before the finish line, TIME WILL TELL (M Yeni) was steadied momentarily when awkwardly placed between TIGER STORM (*J Botes), which rolled out, and QUEEN'S PACT (P Mxoli), which shifted in marginally away from the crop.	
d)	ORIENTAL BOUQUET (M K Katjedi), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis (MS).
	
JOCKEY CHANGES:
None. 

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	TIGER STORM	raced without a compression mask and blinkers (declared 6 February 2026 at 08H44).		
THE VETERINARY SURGEON HAD NO REPORTS. 

SCRATCHED:
a)	DARING ACT insufficient recovery time	(Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

a)	NKANDLA GOLD declared a non-runner in terms of Rule 61.6.11.