Race 1: BETWAY INSUREBET WORK RIDERS MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) (For Maiden F & M. R15 000 Win bonus ROA Members)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 05 October 2023 | 12:45

Distance: 2000m
Going: Good
Stakes: R80,000

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st Mount Etna 4 b. f 57.0kg 8 Mr S Mkhumbuzi - 66 79 33/10
2nd Solo Diva TF 3 b. f 60.0kg 5 Mr S Mosia 2.1 64 65 46/100
3rd All Rise 3 ch. f 60.0kg 6 Mr T Matsoele 2.5 53 50 14/1
4 Three Bells 3 b. f 60.0kg 1 Mr P Mongqawa 7.25 45 43 100/1
5 Dame Colleen 3 b. f 60.0kg 2 Mr Z I Lukhele 8.25 41 46 100/1
6 Siracha 3 b. f 60.0kg 3 Mr N Ngqwangi 9.5 52 48 14/1
7 Bomber Grigio 3 gr. f 60.0kg 4 Mr G F Dadamasi 9.6 49 42 40/1
8 Wild Willow 3 ch. f 60.0kg 9 Mr D Mazule 12.6 40 38 125/1
9 Pasquale 3 ch. f 57.0kg 7 Mr S Mthembu 23.5 - - 100/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
129.4s
Average Time
124.52s
Difference
+%.2fs
Total Pool
R777,500

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Mount Etna 1 66 79 +13 + 7 + 6
Solo Diva 2 64 65 +1 -1 + 2
All Rise 3 53 50 -3 -1 -2
Three Bells 4 45 43 -2 -3 + 1
Dame Colleen 5 41 46 +5 -3 + 8
Siracha 6 52 48 -4 -4
Bomber Grigio 7 49 42 -7 -4 -3
Wild Willow 8 40 38 -2 -5 + 3
Pasquale 9 - - - -8 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:
a)	BOMBER GRIGIO (+G Dadamasi) and PASQUALE (+S B Mthembu) were slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	PASQUALE (+S B Mthembu) shifted out away from the crop from the 400m.
b)	Work Rider T Matsoele, the rider of ALL RISE, dropped his right-side rein at the 100m, which he failed to regather.
c)	Work Rider S Mosia reported that SOLO DIVA choked up in the running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this filly.
d)	Work Rider S Mosia was charged with a contravention of Rule 58.10.2 (read with Guideline M on the use of the crop) in that he, as the rider of SOLO DIVA, misused his crop by striking this filly more than twelve times (13) which was not warranted when considering the circumstances of the race. 
Work Rider S Mosia signed an Admission of Guilt and is suspended from riding in one (1) Work Rider race.  
Suspension date:  19 October 2023.       
e)	Work Rider P Mongqawa was charged with a contravention of Rule 58.10.2 (read with Guideline M on the use of the crop) in that he, as the rider of THREE BELLS, misused his crop by striking this mare more than twelve times (13) which was not warranted when considering the circumstances of the race. 
Work Rider P Mongqawa signed an Admission of Guilt and is suspended from riding in one (1) Work Rider race.  
Suspension date:  19 October 2023.       
f)	MOUNT ETNA (+S Mkhumbuzi), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis.
Trainer F Bronkhorst advised (LK).
Work Rider S Mkhumbuzi was advised against the practice of making celebratory gestures.
	
WORK RIDER CHANGES:
None.

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	DAME COLLEEN raced with a tongue tie on (declared 2 October 2023 at 11H45).	

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	SOLO DIVA choked up.
b)	ALL RISE cut into right hind.
c)	WILD WILLOW coughing post race.	
d)	PASQUALE fatigued.

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS. 

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.