Race 9: NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING THURSDAY 23 MARCH FM 66 DIVIDED HANDICAP (F & M) (For Fillies and Mares)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 09 March 2023 | 16:45

Distance: 1000m
Going: Good
Stakes: R85,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:2.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:4.0

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Time Is Ticking 3 b. f 52.5kg (56.5) 9 Mr K J Lihaba - - 60 14/1
- In The Ether 6 b. m 59.5kg 11 - - - 63 -
- Beaded Gown 3 b. f 58.5kg 5 Mr K Strydom - - 58 -
- Above The World 2 b. f 60.0kg 14 - - - 63 16/1
1st Mercer Girl 6 b. m 54.0kg 10 Mr N Klink - 54 53 11/2
2nd Clean Living 2 b. f 60.0kg 6 Mr K A Brewer 1.0 71 61 20/1
3rd Mia Regina TF 2 b. f 58.5kg (60.0) 3 Miss R A Venniker 1.75 71 63 6/1
4 Grecia 3 b. f 50.5kg (52.0) 4 Mr M K Katjedi 3.0 48 53 14/1
5 Camerata 2 b. f 57.0kg (59.5) 5 Mr S S Hlengwa 3.75 70 49 7/1
6 Conker The World 4 b. f 53.0kg 7 Mr Y Ramzan 3.85 52 57 11/2
7 Rio's Kiss 3 b. f 54.0kg 1 Mr G Pieterse 4.0 54 52 11/2
8 Primula 2 b. f 55.5kg 8 Mr P Mxoli 7.0 62 57 20/1
9 Love Bite 3 b. f 57.0kg (59.5) 9 Mr D B Geerthsen 8.25 65 65 11/2
10 Rock On Captain 3 b. f 57.0kg (59.5) 2 Mr S Sosibo 99.99 65 57 10/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
56.75s
Average Time
57.16s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R810,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Mercer Girl 1 54 53 -1 + 7 -8
Clean Living 2 71 61 -10 -1 -9
Mia Regina 3 71 63 -8 -1 -7
Grecia 4 48 53 +5 -2 + 7
Camerata 5 70 49 -21 -2 -19
Conker The World 6 52 57 +5 -2 + 7
Rio's Kiss 7 54 52 -2 -2
Primula 8 62 57 -5 -3 -2
Love Bite 9 65 65 0 -3 + 3
Rock On Captain 10 65 57 -8 -10 + 2
Time Is Ticking None - 60 - -188 -
In The Ether None - 63 - -188 -
Beaded Gown None - 58 - -188 -
Above The World None - 63 - -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)	CLEAN LIVING (*K A Brewer) and MIA REGINA (*R A Venniker) jumped inwards leaving the stalls.
b)	GRECIA (*M K Katjedi) jumped awkwardly leaving the stalls.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	Approaching the 100m, Apprentice S Sosibo was dislodged from ROCK ON CAPTAIN, which stumbled and fell for no apparent reason. In view of this incident, the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this filly. Apprentice S Sosibo was attended to by the medical staff on course, transported to the medical centre for further assessment and treated for an injury to his right arm. 
	The course manager, a member of the Stipendiary Board and the Veterinary Surgeon inspected this area and found nothing untoward with the track. When taking this incident into consideration as well as incident in Race 6 regarding ROSY LEMON, the Board was of the opinion that these were unfortunate, unrelated incidents. 
b)	Jockey Y Ramzan, the rider of CONKER THE WORLD, accidentally dropped his crop at the 300m.
c)	Apprentice K A Brewer, the rider of CLEAN LIVING, accidentally dropped his crop at the 50m.
d)	MERCER GIRL (N Klink), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. 
Assistant Trainer S Paterson, acting on behalf of Trainer B H Stidolph, was advised (MS). 	

JOCKEY CHANGES:
a)	CLEAN LIVING was ridden by Apprentice K A Brewer (declared 9 March 2023 at 13H27).	


RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	ROCK ON CAPTAIN raced without blinkers (declared 9 March 2023 at 08H53).		

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	MIA REGINA coughing.
b)	ROCK ON CAPTAIN cut medial aspect right front. Veterinary report required prior to racing. 
Rule 49.7 applies. Trainer S M Naidoo advised (MB).	

SCRATCHED:
a)	ABOVE THE WORLD swollen right front knee (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).		
b)	IN THE ETHER insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
c)	BEADED GOWN off feed (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
d)	TIME IS TICKING off feed (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.