Race 7: WORLD SPORTS BETTING SA DERBY (Grade 1) (3 year olds (3rd Leg SA Triple Crown))

TURFFONTEIN RACECOURSE | Saturday, 01 April 2023 | 15:15

Distance: 2450m
Going: Good
Stakes: R1,500,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st Son Of Raj 5 ch. g 60.0kg 11 Mr K de Melo - 81 116 5/1
2nd Billy Bowlegs TF 5 b. g 60.0kg 9 Mr G J Lerena 2.25 114 104 2/1
3rd Rule By Force 3 b. c 60.0kg 2 Mr P J Strydom 4.5 108 117 10/1
4 Future Pearl 2 b. c 60.0kg 1 Mr R D Fourie 5.25 81 114 16/1
5 Top Sail 2 b. g 60.0kg 6 Mr P Mxoli 8.25 86 85 50/1
6 Good Council 2 b. g 60.0kg 10 Mr R Munger 10.25 105 104 4/1
7 Eye Of The Prophet 2 b. c 60.0kg 8 Miss R A Venniker 10.75 113 108 8/1
8 Electric Gold 5 b. g 60.0kg 5 Mr M A Yeni 11.25 106 96 10/1
9 African Torrent 2 b. c 60.0kg 7 Mr S Khumalo 14.25 85 68 40/1
10 River Romeo 2 b. c 60.0kg 3 Mr C Zackey 37.25 78 94 100/1
11 Paris Pike 2 b. g 60.0kg 4 Mr L M van Rensburg 99.99 86 83 80/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
157.4s
Average Time
155.15s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R4,325,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Son Of Raj 1 81 116 +35 + 7 + 28
Billy Bowlegs 2 114 104 -10 -1 -9
Rule By Force 3 108 117 +9 -2 + 11
Future Pearl 4 81 114 +33 -2 + 35
Top Sail 5 86 85 -1 -3 + 2
Good Council 6 105 104 -1 -4 + 3
Eye Of The Prophet 7 113 108 -5 -4 -1
Electric Gold 8 106 96 -10 -4 -6
African Torrent 9 85 68 -17 -5 -12
River Romeo 10 78 94 +16 -10 + 26
Paris Pike 11 86 83 -3 -10 + 7
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:

a)	AFRICAN TORRENT (S Khumalo) jumped outwards and BILLY BOWLEGS (G Lerena) jumped inwards leaving the stalls.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:

a)	Jockey M van Rensburg felt something amiss with PARIS PIKE in running and eased this gelding out of the race at approximately the 400m.  The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding. 
b)	SON OF RAJ (K de Melo), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.  Assistant Trainer Warrick Marwing advised (MdP).


c)	BILLY BOWLEGS (G Lerena), placed second, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.  Trainer A G Laird advised (DD).
d)	RULE BY FORCE (P Strydom), placed third, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.  Trainer J A Soma advised (SM).

JOCKEY CHANGES:

a)	RIVER ROMEO was ridden by Jockey C Zackey (declared 31 March 2023 at 08H53).

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:

None.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	ELECTRIC GOLD abnormal respiratory noise and cast its left front shoe in running.
b)	PARIS PIKE not striding out right hind.

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS.

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.