Race 10: NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING THURSDAY 6 APRIL CLASSIFIED STAKES (For horses with nett rating of 75 and below)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 30 March 2023 | 17:05

Distance: 1400m
Going: Good
Stakes: R85,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Indus Knight 3 ch. g 60.0kg 6 Mr K de Melo - - 70 25/2
- Run For Cover 5 b. g 60.0kg 9 Mr A Domeyer - - 70 7/2
1st Mescal 2 b. c 52.0kg 1 Mr K A Brewer - 64 64 20/1
2nd Quandary 5 b. g 60.0kg 5 Mr P J Strydom 0.05 80 88 11/2
3rd Angel Of War 3 gr. g 60.0kg 10 Mr P Mxoli 0.4 73 83 4/1
4 After Hours 7 b. g 52.0kg 3 Mr R Munger 1.75 59 79 14/1
5 The Chosen One 2 b. c 56.0kg 4 Mr N Klink 3.25 70 52 66/1
6 Blue Waters TF 2 b. f 58.0kg 12 Mr G J Lerena 3.35 81 61 7/2
7 Meet The Captain 4 b. f 50.0kg 6 Mr J Penny 4.35 55 52 66/1
8 Sage King 3 gr. g 58.0kg 7 Mr D de Gouveia 6.35 70 72 8/1
9 Princess Ilaria 5 b. m 56.0kg 8 Mr C Zackey 8.0 74 79 33/1
10 Rain Or Shine 4 b. g 58.0kg 9 Mr G Pieterse 8.5 70 82 6/1
11 Big City Girl 4 b. f 48.5kg (50.0) 2 Mr M K Katjedi 11.0 59 59 17/2
12 Ballon D'or 5 b. g 58.0kg 11 Mr J P van der Merwe 16.0 71 61 50/1
13 Three Hearts 3 ch. f 50.5kg (50.0) 13 Mr M J Thackeray 21.0 55 50 50/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
84.55s
Average Time
82.69s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R915,000
View Official NHA Assessment

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Mescal 1 64 64 0 + 7 -7
Quandary 2 80 88 +8 -1 + 9
Angel Of War 3 73 83 +10 -1 + 11
After Hours 4 59 79 +20 -1 + 21
The Chosen One 5 70 52 -18 -2 -16
Blue Waters 6 81 61 -20 -2 -18
Meet The Captain 7 55 52 -3 -2 -1
Sage King 8 70 72 +2 -3 + 5
Princess Ilaria 9 74 79 +5 -3 + 8
Rain Or Shine 10 70 82 +12 -3 + 15
Big City Girl 11 59 59 0 -4 + 4
Ballon D'or 12 71 61 -10 -6 -4
Three Hearts 13 55 50 -5 -8 + 3
Indus Knight None - 70 - -188 -
Run For Cover None - 70 - -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)	QUANDARY (P Strydom), THE CHOSEN ONE (N Klink) and BIG CITY GIRL (*M K Katjedi) were slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	Jockey G Lerena reported that BLUE WATERS changed stride continually in running. 
The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this filly.	
b)	Jockey J P van der Merwe reported that BALLON D'OR did not stride out freely in running. 
The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 	
c)	Jockey G Pieterse reported that RAIN OR SHINE was blowing post race. 
The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding.
d)	Jockey M Thackeray reported that THREE HEARTS made an abnormal respiratory noise in running. 
The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this filly.
e)	MESCAL (*K A Brewer), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
Trainer F Bronkhorst advised (LK).

JOCKEY CHANGES:
a)	THREE HEARTS: Jockey M Thackeray weighed out at 50,7kg, 0,5kg over the carded weight.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	THE CHOSEN ONE raced with a tongue tie on (declared 30 March 2023 at 07H43).	

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	BLUE WATERS examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
b)	BALLON D'OR examined post race, nothing obvious detected.	
c)	RAIN OR SHINE blowing post race.
d)	THREE HEARTS coughing post race.	

SCRATCHED:
a)	INDUS KNIGHT abnormal blood count (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).		


DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.