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

KENILWORTH RACECOURSE | Tuesday, 05 March 2024 | 15:35

Distance: 1600m
Going: Good
Stakes: R120,000
Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:3.0 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:5.0 4yrs:0.5

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
1st All About Ronnie 3 b. g 56.5kg 5 Mr M A Winnaar - 71 67 16/1
2nd Unicorn Alert 3 b. c 60.0kg 6 Mr J P van der Merwe 1.75 84 61 13/2
3rd Allez Moris TF 2 b. c 61.0kg 2 Mr R D Fourie 1.85 80 95 9/4
4 Spirit's Unite 2 ch. c 54.0kg 9 Mr S D Veale 3.35 72 70 33/1
5 Faire Advantage 3 b. g 58.0kg 1 Mr P C Orffer 4.1 74 71 8/1
6 Holding Thumbs 4 b. g 60.5kg 7 Mr M Mjoka 4.2 85 119 13/2
7 Kingdom Of Heaven 5 b. g 61.5kg 8 Mr A Domeyer 6.2 81 79 10/1
8 Bardolino 2 b. c 60.5kg 3 Mr L Mxothwa 7.7 79 79 13/2
9 African Torrent 2 b. c 60.5kg 10 Mr B R FayD'Herbe de Maudave 8.45 79 68 16/1
10 Touchdown 4 b. g 58.0kg 11 Mr R Danielson 8.95 80 73 40/1
11 Ozark 4 b. g 57.0kg 4 Mr D L Ashby 9.2 78 61 50/1
12 Spring Flyer 3 b. g 59.0kg 12 Mr D W Schwarz 9.45 82 56 125/1
13 Bright Green 2 b. c 61.0kg 13 Mr C Zackey 11.45 80 76 80/1

Race Timing

Average Time
100.39s
Total Pool
R1,080,000

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
All About Ronnie 1 71 67 -4 + 7 -11
Unicorn Alert 2 84 61 -23 -1 -22
Allez Moris 3 80 95 +15 -1 + 16
Spirit's Unite 4 72 70 -2 -2
Faire Advantage 5 74 71 -3 -2 -1
Holding Thumbs 6 85 119 +34 -2 + 36
Kingdom Of Heaven 7 81 79 -2 -3 + 1
Bardolino 8 79 79 0 -3 + 3
African Torrent 9 79 68 -11 -3 -8
Touchdown 10 80 73 -7 -3 -4
Ozark 11 78 61 -17 -4 -13
Spring Flyer 12 82 56 -26 -4 -22
Bright Green 13 80 76 -4 -4
Note: Expected changes are calculated using simplified algorithms. Official NHRA algorithms from the PDF will provide accurate benchmarking.

Stipes Report

THE STARTER REPORTED:

a)	BRIGHT GREEN (C Zackey), SPIRIT'S UNITE (S Veale) and FAIRE ADVANTAGE (C Orffer) were slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: 

a)	AFRICAN TORRENT (B Fayd'Herbe) raced wide on the turn and into the straight.
b)	TOUCHDOWN (R Danielson) returned with a bilateral epistaxis due to an exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage and is suspended, for a period of 60 days, from racing in any race under the jurisdiction of The National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa in terms of Rule 93.1. (Dr K van den Berg)
c)	ALL ABOUT RONNIE, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer D McLachlan was advised. (WM)
	
JOCKEY AND/OR EQUIPMENT CHANGES:

a)	SPIRIT'S UNITE raced with blinkers (declared 09h22 on 20240304)

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER

a)	Nil

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	TOUCHDOWN - bilateral epistaxis. Suspended 60 days. Rule 93.1 applied

THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS