Race 2: TAB TELEBET 0861 000 822 CLASSIFIED STAKES (For horses with nett rating of 71 and below)

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Tuesday, 16 August 2022 | 12:50

Distance: 1800m
Going: Good
Stakes: R60,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st Blonde Act 3 b. g 56.0kg 5 Mr J P van der Merwe - 63 96 10/1
2nd King Arthur 3 b. g 60.0kg 3 Mr C J Habib 1.9 70 68 11/2
3rd Sir Tallin TF 3 b. g 58.5kg (60.0) 2 Miss R A Venniker 2.6 70 70 28/10
4 Kool Baikal 5 ch. g 60.0kg 4 Mr K A Brewer 3.1 70 67 7/2
5 Toto's Dream 3 ch. f 55.5kg 7 Mr D de Gouveia 3.4 67 63 13/2
6 Pottinger 3 b. g 60.0kg 1 Mr K Matsunyane 4.0 70 70 33/10
7 Orus Apollo 4 b. g 54.0kg 6 Mr L M van Rensburg 14.5 50 46 40/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
110.56s
Average Time
111.88s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R540,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Blonde Act 1 63 96 +33 + 7 + 26
King Arthur 2 70 68 -2 -1 -1
Sir Tallin 3 70 70 0 -1 + 1
Kool Baikal 4 70 67 -3 -2 -1
Toto's Dream 5 67 63 -4 -2 -2
Pottinger 6 70 70 0 -2 + 2
Orus Apollo 7 50 46 -4 -5 + 1
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:

a)	ORUS APOLLO (M van Rensburg) hung in from the 400m, proving difficult to assist. In view of this report, the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 	
	After taking into consideration this gelding's history of hanging in and covering unnecessary ground in races, Trainer F P Habib was advised to take the necessary corrective measures to improve ORUS APOLLO'S racing manners.
b)	BLONDE ACT (J P van der Merwe), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
Trainer A G Laird advised (RS).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
None.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	ORUS APOLLO examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	KOOL BAIKAL (reinstatement certificate received on 10 August 2022) blowing post race. 	

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS. 

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.