Race 7: BETONTAB.CO.ZA CLASSIFIED STAKES (For horses with nett rating of 71 and below)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Tuesday, 04 January 2022 | 15:20

Distance: 1600m
Going: Yielding
Stakes: R70,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Purple Shadow 4 b. f 58.0kg 5 Mr J Gates - - 62 40/1
- Lady Calavera 4 b. f 58.0kg 11 Mr D W Schwarz - - 81 -
1st Speechmaker 5 b. m 52.5kg (52.0) 3 Mr L M van Rensburg - 52 61 100/7
2nd Kapama 6 b. m 52.0kg 9 Mr N Klink 0.4 51 51 100/3
3rd Anatura 5 b. m 58.0kg 2 Mr S Khumalo 0.75 69 68 100/7
4 Secret Is Ours 4 gr. g 60.0kg 7 Mr Mark Khan 2.25 71 66 5/1
5 Golden Tune 5 b. g 56.0kg 1 Mr C J Habib 2.6 60 68 100/3
6 Dark Travel 4 b. f 56.0kg 13 Mr R Munger 2.75 67 72 50/9
7 Ablueazure TF 3 b. g 60.0kg 4 Mr W B Kennedy 3.5 78 76 15/4
8 Silly Fella 4 b. g 50.0kg (54.0) 11 Mr K A Brewer 5.5 58 51 50/3
9 Catchthegreenlight 3 b. g 56.0kg 8 Mr G J Lerena 6.5 73 68 17/2
10 Rose Willow 4 b. f 52.0kg 12 Mr J R Syster 6.75 59 48 50/7
11 On The Warpath 3 b. g 50.0kg (54.0) 6 Mr D B Geerthsen 7.25 68 50 250/3
12 Cherokee Chief 5 b. g 54.0kg 5 Mr K Matsunyane 7.5 51 49 25/1
13 Little Rain 5 b. m 58.0kg 10 Mr M A Yeni 10.25 70 59 10/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
95.92s
Average Time
97.02s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R770,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Speechmaker 1 52 61 +9 + 7 + 2
Kapama 2 51 51 0 -1 + 1
Anatura 3 69 68 -1 -1
Secret Is Ours 4 71 66 -5 -1 -4
Golden Tune 5 60 68 +8 -1 + 9
Dark Travel 6 67 72 +5 -1 + 6
Ablueazure 7 78 76 -2 -2
Silly Fella 8 58 51 -7 -2 -5
Catchthegreenlight 9 73 68 -5 -3 -2
Rose Willow 10 59 48 -11 -3 -8
On The Warpath 11 68 50 -18 -3 -15
Cherokee Chief 12 51 49 -2 -3 + 1
Little Rain 13 70 59 -11 -4 -7
Purple Shadow None - 62 - -188 -
Lady Calavera None - 81 - -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)	ABLUEAZURE (W Kennedy) and ANATURA (S Khumalo) were slow into stride.


THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:

a)	Approaching the 1400m, CHEROKEE CHIEF (K Matsunyane) was brushed inwards by CATCHTHEGREENLIGHT (G Lerena) which rolled in when commencing to over-race.
b)	ROSE WILLOW (*J R Syster) was encouraged forward from a wide draw and as a consequence in order to obtain the lead, raced wide around the field around the turn and into the straight.  
c)	Jockey M Yeni reported that he felt something amiss with LITTLE RAIN in running.  The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this mare.
d)	SPEECHMAKER (M van Rensburg), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.  Trainer H E Adamson advised (AH).

JOCKEY CHANGES:

None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:

a)	GOLDEN TUNE raced fitted with a compression mask (declared 4 January 2022 at 07H29).
b)	CHEROKEE CHIEF raced equipped with blinkers (declared 4 January 2022 at 08H20).
c)	SECRET IS OURS was gelded on 26 June 2020 and not on the 13th of November 2021 as carded.
d)	SPEECHMAKER Jockey M van Rensburg weighed out at 53,2kg, 1kg over the carded weight of which 0,5kg was declared.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	LITTLE RAIN abnormal respiratory noise and blowing.
b)	ON THE WARPATH scalped right hind.	

SCRATCHED:

a)	LADY CALAVERA swollen right front joint (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).
b)	PURPLE SHADOW insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies). 

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.