Race 8: FURIOUS ROOM NOW OPENED FM 90 HANDICAP (F & M) (For Fillies and Mares)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 27 October 2022 | 15:25

Distance: 1000m
Going: Good
Stakes: R100,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:5.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:7.5 4yrs:0.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- May Queen 5 b. m 60.5kg 8 Mr P J Strydom - - 90 20/1
1st Flowerbomb 2 b. f 54.0kg 8 Mr C R Maujean - 89 87 6/1
2nd Kiss Me Captain TF 2 b. f 57.5kg 3 Mr D de Gouveia 0.5 96 112 11/10
3rd What A Honey 3 b. f 58.0kg 7 Mr S Khumalo 1.25 86 97 6/1
4 Show Time 2 ch. f 54.5kg 6 Mr M A Yeni 1.75 90 75 25/1
5 Greens 4 b. f 58.0kg 9 Mr K Matsunyane 2.0 86 82 20/1
6 Warship 3 b. f 59.5kg 4 Mr K de Melo 2.1 89 87 20/1
7 Rozara 3 b. f 59.5kg 5 Mr R Munger 3.25 89 73 16/1
8 Rockets Red Glare 3 ch. f 56.0kg 2 Mr J P van der Merwe 7.5 93 88 14/1
9 Blindedbythelights 2 b. f 58.5kg 1 Mr G J Lerena 15.5 98 51 8/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
57.58s
Average Time
56.65s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R850,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Flowerbomb 1 89 87 -2 + 7 -9
Kiss Me Captain 2 96 112 +16 -1 + 17
What A Honey 3 86 97 +11 -1 + 12
Show Time 4 90 75 -15 -1 -14
Greens 5 86 82 -4 -1 -3
Warship 6 89 87 -2 -1 -1
Rozara 7 89 73 -16 -2 -14
Rockets Red Glare 8 93 88 -5 -3 -2
Blindedbythelights 9 98 51 -47 -6 -41
May Queen None - 90 - -193 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:
a)	FLOWERBOMB (C Maujean) jumped awkwardly leaving the stalls.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	Shortly after the start, BLINDEDBYTHELIGHTS (G Lerena) and ROCKETS RED GLARE (J P van der Merwe) were bumped in by KISS ME CAPTAIN (D De Gouveia), which jumped inwards leaving the stalls. Thereafter, Jockey G Lerena (BLINDEDBYTHELIGHTS) and Jockey J P van der Merwe (ROCKETS RED GLARE) reported that they felt something amiss with their respective fillies in running. 
The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine these fillies. 	
b) 	At approximately the 700m, BLINDEDBYTHELIGHTS (G Lerena) was switched to the outside to race in isolation of the field. 
c)	FLOWERBOMB (C Maujean), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
Stable Employee F Naude, acting on behalf of Trainer C Spies, was advised (LN). 	

JOCKEY CHANGES:
a)	WHAT A HONEY was ridden by Jockey	S Khumalo (declared 27 October 2022 at 11H08).	

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
None.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	BLINDEDBYTHELIGHTS examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	ROCKETS RED GLARE cut into left front lateral aspect of the mid-cannon bone.
c)	KISS ME CAPTAIN cut into right hind and cut on the medial aspect of the left hind cannon bone.

SCRATCHED:
a)	MAY QUEEN insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.