Race 7: THE COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS 4 (Open. Benchmark at 60.0kg = 78)

KENILWORTH RACECOURSE | Monday, 12 February 2024 | 15:55

Distance: 1600m
Going: Good
Stakes: R135,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:4.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:6.0 4yrs:0.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Lightning Glow 2 ch. c 58.0kg 12 - - - 92 8/1
1st Quatermain 2 b. g 57.5kg 4 Mr S D Veale - 73 79 10/1
2nd Slurricane TF 3 b. g 58.0kg 3 Mr R D Fourie 1.5 74 76 9/4
3rd Luce Verde 2 b. c 57.0kg 2 Mr L Mxothwa 2.75 80 98 11/2
4 Royal Swan Master 3 b. g 57.0kg 9 Mr C Zackey 2.85 80 83 25/1
5 Katsu 3 ch. g 58.5kg 7 Mr A Domeyer 2.95 75 81 11/2
6 Bardolino 2 b. c 60.5kg 6 Mr O Noach 3.0 79 79 14/1
7 All About Ronnie 3 b. g 57.5kg 5 Mr R Danielson 4.25 73 67 20/1
8 No Apologies 2 b. c 60.0kg 1 Mr G Wright 4.35 86 83 25/2
9 Dragonfly 3 b. g 60.0kg 13 Mr M A Winnaar 5.35 78 71 33/1
10 Monumental 2 b. g 60.5kg 8 Mr B R FayD'Herbe de Maudave 6.35 87 71 14/1
11 Prime Venture 3 b. c 57.0kg 12 Mr J P van der Merwe 6.85 80 78 33/1
12 Ozark 4 b. g 58.5kg 10 Mr D L Ashby 7.35 83 61 66/1
13 William The First 2 b. g 57.5kg 11 Mr P S Cele 8.1 73 75 66/1
14 Naushon 3 b. c 57.0kg 14 Mr A D Andrews 10.35 72 68 33/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
100.14s
Average Time
100.39s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R960,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Quatermain 1 73 79 +6 + 7 -1
Slurricane 2 74 76 +2 -1 + 3
Luce Verde 3 80 98 +18 -1 + 19
Royal Swan Master 4 80 83 +3 -1 + 4
Katsu 5 75 81 +6 -1 + 7
Bardolino 6 79 79 0 -2 + 2
All About Ronnie 7 73 67 -6 -2 -4
No Apologies 8 86 83 -3 -2 -1
Dragonfly 9 78 71 -7 -2 -5
Monumental 10 87 71 -16 -3 -13
Prime Venture 11 80 78 -2 -3 + 1
Ozark 12 83 61 -22 -3 -19
William The First 13 73 75 +2 -3 + 5
Naushon 14 72 68 -4 -4
Lightning Glow None - 92 - -193 -
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:

a)	The tongue tie on KATSU (A Domeyer) was re-fitted at the start.
b)	LUCE VERDE (L Mxothwa) was restless in the stalls and jumped slow, losing one length.
c) 	ROYAL SWAN MASTER (C Zackey) was slow into stride.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: 

a)	NO APOLOGIES (G Wright) and ALL ABOUT RONNIE (R Danielson) raced wide on the latter part of the turn and into the straight.
b)	Jockey D Ashby (OZARK) briefly dropped his right-side rein at the 200m.
c)	In view of the performance of NAUSHON (A Andrews), which trailed the field throughout, the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this gelding.
d)	QUATERMAIN, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer AE Sands was advised. (TJ)
	
JOCKEY AND/OR EQUIPMENT CHANGES:

a)	KATSU raced with a tongue tie (declared 09h22 on 20240211)

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER

a)	Nil

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	NAUSHON - examined post-race. Not striding out right front

SCRATCHED:

a)	LIGHTNING GLOW - no suitable jockey (declared 08h08 on 20240212)