Race 7: FAIRVIEW MERCHANTS (Open - Non-Black Type)

FAIRVIEW RACECOURSE | Friday, 27 January 2023 | 15:40

Distance: 1200m
Going: Good
Stakes: R175,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:3.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:5.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st Cliff Top TF 2 b. c 54.0kg (53.5) 3 Mr R D Fourie - 101 109 15/10
2nd Spring Awakening 4 b. g 55.0kg (54.5) 4 Mr D de Gouveia 5.25 96 91 16/1
3rd Global Drummer 4 b. g 61.5kg 2 Mr L Mxothwa 5.5 110 110 6/1
4 Double Charge 5 b. g 52.5kg 1 Mr R Munger 5.75 92 80 25/2
5 All About Al 7 b. g 52.0kg 8 Mr T T Gould 7.5 88 78 25/2
6 Inherit The Rain 4 b. g 60.5kg 12 Mr X C Ndlovu 7.75 108 98 40/1
7 Greenlighttoheaven 4 b. g 53.0kg 11 Miss R A Venniker 9.0 93 83 8/1
8 Paris Rix 3 b. g 52.0kg 10 Mr P Mxoli 10.75 91 81 40/1
9 Captain Oupie 4 b. g 54.5kg 5 Mr J P van der Merwe 11.25 96 94 8/1
10 Whatever Next 6 b. g 58.5kg 7 Mr S R Khathi 11.5 104 73 33/1
11 T'challa 4 b. g 52.0kg 9 Mr C R Maujean 15.75 90 87 16/1
12 Regimental 5 b. g 52.0kg 6 Mr E W Webber 18.5 89 85 66/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
67.1s
Average Time
68.84s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R921,500

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Cliff Top 1 101 109 +8 + 7 + 1
Spring Awakening 2 96 91 -5 -2 -3
Global Drummer 3 110 110 0 -2 + 2
Double Charge 4 92 80 -12 -2 -10
All About Al 5 88 78 -10 -3 -7
Inherit The Rain 6 108 98 -10 -3 -7
Greenlighttoheaven 7 93 83 -10 -4 -6
Paris Rix 8 91 81 -10 -4 -6
Captain Oupie 9 96 94 -2 -4 + 2
Whatever Next 10 104 73 -31 -4 -27
T'challa 11 90 87 -3 -6 + 3
Regimental 12 89 85 -4 -7 + 3
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:

a)	REGIMENTAL (E Webber) jumped slow, losing one length.
b)	DOUBLE CHARGE (R Munger), CLIFF TOP (R Fourie), ALL ABOUT AL (T Gould) and T'CHALLA (C Maujean) were slow into stride.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: 
 
a)	Apprentice P Mxoli reported that PARIS RIX did not stride out freely in running. The veterinary surgeon was requested to examine this gelding.
b)	CLIFF TOP, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer AC Greeff was advised. (LM)


JOCKEY AND/OR EQUIPMENT CHANGES:

a)	D de Gouveia (SPRING AWAKENING) rode +0.5kg (55.2kgs)
b)	R Fourie (CLIFF TOP) rode +0.5kg (54.3kgs)

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER 

a)	Nil

THE VETERINARY SURGEON 	REPORTED:

a)	PARIS RIX - examined post-race. Nothing obvious detected
b)	GREENLIGHTTOHEAVEN - blood in mouth (tooth)

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS