Race 9: NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING TUESDAY 26 MAY MR 66 HANDICAP (Open)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 16:45

Distance: 1400m
Going: Good
Stakes: R90,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 2yrs:11.0 3yrs:2.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:3.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Southampton 4 b. f 62.5kg 17 - - - 71 -
1st Legendary 2 b. g 61.5kg 4 Mr C J Habib - 69 72 9/2
2nd Oh My Gucci Girl 3 b. f 57.0kg 8 Mr P Mxoli 1.25 60 60 7/1
3rd Golden Aspen 6 b. m 59.5kg 9 Mr L M van Rensburg 1.3 65 65 20/1
4 Kylie's Angel 3 b. f 55.5kg 3 Mr M A Yeni 2.55 57 56 7/1
5 Prophet TF 2 b. g 59.0kg 2 Mr K Strydom 3.3 64 62 6/1
6 Six Of All 2 b. g 60.5kg 7 Mr T J Mayhew 3.8 71 69 8/1
7 Bloomington 3 ch. g 61.5kg 13 Mr Serino Moodley 4.3 69 67 8/1
8 Can't Catch Me 5 b. m 55.0kg 6 Mr J R Syster 4.8 56 55 40/1
9 Stop The Traffic 4 ch. g 58.0kg (59.5) 15 Mr M Mbuto 6.0 65 65 66/1
10 King Bluetooth 2 b. g 52.0kg 1 Mr M K Katjedi 7.5 53 53 40/1
11 Royal Horizon 3 ch. f 60.5kg 16 Mr Wesley Marwing 7.8 67 67 8/1
12 Empress Wu 3 b. f 59.0kg 14 Mr D W Schwarz 8.1 64 64 50/1
13 Trip To States 5 ch. g 58.5kg 12 Mr N Klink 8.3 63 63 100/1
14 Pretty Analia 5 b. m 59.0kg 11 Mr C R Maujean 9.1 64 64 25/2
15 Duellona 2 ch. f 53.5kg (56.0) 5 Mr B Marx - Jacobson 9.3 58 55 100/1
16 Together Again 5 b. m 54.5kg 10 Mr J Penny 14.55 55 53 66/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
82.11s
Average Time
82.86s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R995,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Legendary 1 69 72 +3 + 7 -4
Oh My Gucci Girl 2 60 60 0 -1 + 1
Golden Aspen 3 65 65 0 -1 + 1
Kylie's Angel 4 57 56 -1 -1
Prophet 5 64 62 -2 -2
Six Of All 6 71 69 -2 -2
Bloomington 7 69 67 -2 -2
Can't Catch Me 8 56 55 -1 -2 + 1
Stop The Traffic 9 65 65 0 -3 + 3
King Bluetooth 10 53 53 0 -3 + 3
Royal Horizon 11 67 67 0 -3 + 3
Empress Wu 12 64 64 0 -3 + 3
Trip To States 13 63 63 0 -3 + 3
Pretty Analia 14 64 64 0 -4 + 4
Duellona 15 58 55 -3 -4 + 1
Together Again 16 55 53 -2 -5 + 3
Southampton None - 71 - -188 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE START OF THIS RACE WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE DELAY IN THE PREVIOUS RACE. 
THE STARTER REPORTED:
a) 	LEGENDARY was stubborn loading.
b)	ROYAL HORIZON and STOP THE TRAFFIC jumped inwards leaving the stalls.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	All horses selected for TCO2 were within the required levels, and no retests were recorded.
b)	STOP THE TRAFFIC hung in from the 300m. 
c)	Jockey	Wes Marwing reported that he felt something amiss with ROYAL HORIZON in running. 
The Veterinarian was requested to examine. 	
d)	LEGENDARY, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.	
Assistant Trainer C Naude, acting on behalf of Trainer C Binda, was advised (MduP). 	

JOCKEY CHANGES:
None. 

THE VETERINARIAN REPORTED:

a)	ROYAL HORIZON not striding out right hind. 

SCRATCHED:
a)	SOUTHAMPTON reserve runner. Advised 21 May 2026 at 08H15.

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.	









Race 9 contd.