Race 5: RACING240 FOR RACING. FOR YOU MR 68 HANDICAP (Open)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 13 October 2022 | 14:20

Distance: 1600m
Going: Good
Stakes: R70,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:8.0 4yrs:0.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:10.5 4yrs:1.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- High Moon 4 b. g 61.5kg 5 Mr C J Habib - - 71 3/1
- Parker Getrix 4 b. g 55.5kg 2 Mr C Zackey - - 56 10/1
1st Secret Giver TF 4 ch. g 60.5kg 10 Mr P J Strydom - 69 75 33/20
2nd San Quintin 6 b. g 58.0kg 1 Mr R Munger 2.75 65 58 8/1
3rd Rose Willow 4 b. f 52.0kg 9 Mr P Mxoli 4.25 52 48 33/1
4 Fantasy Flower 4 ch. f 55.0kg 3 Mr M J Thackeray 4.75 58 53 16/1
5 Mingshi 4 b. g 55.0kg 6 Mr L M van Rensburg 5.5 58 56 16/1
6 Silly Fella 4 b. g 57.0kg 2 Mr M A Yeni 6.25 62 51 5/1
7 Mr Bodacious 2 b. g 53.0kg 4 Mr K A Brewer 7.0 70 65 25/1
8 Rattle Bag 6 b. m 57.5kg 7 Mr Mark Khan 9.25 64 71 25/1
9 Dark Tide 5 b. g 55.5kg 8 Mr K Matsunyane 9.5 59 53 5/1
10 Golden Tune 5 b. g 57.5kg (61.5) 5 Mr S Sosibo 11.25 71 68 33/1
11 Cross Examiner 3 b. g 57.5kg 11 Mr J P van der Merwe 14.25 64 50 33/1
12 Jackman 8 ch. g 52.0kg 12 Mr J Penny 15.75 40 40 100/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
97.86s
Average Time
97.02s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R830,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Secret Giver 1 69 75 +6 + 7 -1
San Quintin 2 65 58 -7 -1 -6
Rose Willow 3 52 48 -4 -2 -2
Fantasy Flower 4 58 53 -5 -2 -3
Mingshi 5 58 56 -2 -2
Silly Fella 6 62 51 -11 -3 -8
Mr Bodacious 7 70 65 -5 -3 -2
Rattle Bag 8 64 71 +7 -4 + 11
Dark Tide 9 59 53 -6 -4 -2
Golden Tune 10 71 68 -3 -4 + 1
Cross Examiner 11 64 50 -14 -5 -9
Jackman 12 40 40 0 -6 + 6
High Moon None - 71 - -188 -
Parker Getrix None - 56 - -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)	DARK TIDE (K Matsunyane) jumped awkwardly leaving the stalls.	
b)	SILLY FELLA (M Yeni) was slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a) 	As the start was effected, RATTLE BAG (M Khan) became unbalanced and had its hind quarter turned inwards when bumped by DARK TIDE (K Matsunyane), which was brushed in by ROSE WILLOW (*P Mxoli), which jumped inwards leaving the stalls.	
b)	MR BODACIOUS (*K A Brewer) commenced to over-race and as a consequence, raced awkwardly with its head up around the turn and into the straight.
c)	Leaving the 400m, JACKMAN (J Penny) was steadied momentarily in anticipation of being awkwardly placed between SILLY FELLA (M Yeni) and GOLDEN TUNE (*S Sosibo), which rolled in and was immediately straightened.	
d)	SECRET GIVER (P Strydom), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
Trainer G H van Zyl advised (LN).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	GOLDEN TUNE raced equipped with blinkers (declared 13 October 2022 at 07H47).		

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	DARK TIDE fatigued.

SCRATCHED:
a)	HIGH MOON lame left front (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
b)	PARKER GETRIX injured left hind (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).		

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.