Race 8: NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING THURSDAY 16 MAY MIDDLE STAKES CLASSIFIED STAKES (For horses with nett rating of 75 and below)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 09 May 2024 | 16:35

Distance: 1400m
Going: Good
Stakes: R82,500

Race Results

Pos Horse A.C.S. Weight Draw Jockey Len MR CMR Odds
- Circus Lights 5 ch. g 58.0kg 3 Mr C J Habib - - 64 16/1
- Miraculous Man 3 b. g 54.0kg 2 Mr K A Brewer - - 45 50/1
- Mariachi Madness 2 b. g 52.0kg (56.0) 15 Mr N Nastili - - 57 70/1
- King Rahul 4 b. g 58.0kg 14 Mr L M van Rensburg - - 63 20/1
1st Whorly Whorly TF 7 b. g 60.0kg 4 Mr P J Strydom - 75 78 3/1
2nd Moola Man 4 b. g 60.0kg 7 Mr G J Lerena 0.2 79 75 4/1
3rd Walled Garden 4 ch. g 58.0kg 6 Mr N Klink 0.7 69 66 9/2
4 Laughing William 5 b. g 58.0kg 9 Mr D W Schwarz 1.2 71 75 17/2
5 Sharapova 5 b. m 58.0kg 8 Mr M A Yeni 1.7 74 80 25/2
5 Dancing Dora 6 b. m 52.0kg 1 Mr C R Maujean 1.7 63 53 10/1
7 Vava Vegas 5 ch. g 54.0kg 10 Mr P Mxoli 3.7 61 58 25/1
8 Cerulean Dancer 2 b. f 54.0kg 2 Mr C Zackey 3.75 64 71 10/1
9 Anytime Champ 3 b. c 52.0kg 5 Mr M K Katjedi 3.95 53 53 40/1
10 Life Lesson 3 b. f 50.0kg 3 Mr J Gates 5.7 60 49 66/1
11 Jet Cat 9 ch. g 54.0kg 11 Mr J R Syster 8.45 62 60 14/1

Race Timing

Winning Time
82.3s
Average Time
82.69s
Difference
%.2fs
Total Pool
R752,500

Rating Analysis

Horse Pos MR Before MR After Official Δ Expected Δ Discrepancy
Whorly Whorly 1 75 78 +3 + 7 -4
Moola Man 2 79 75 -4 -1 -3
Walled Garden 3 69 66 -3 -1 -2
Laughing William 4 71 75 +4 -1 + 5
Sharapova 5 74 80 +6 -1 + 7
Dancing Dora 5 63 53 -10 -1 -9
Vava Vegas 7 61 58 -3 -2 -1
Cerulean Dancer 8 64 71 +7 -2 + 9
Anytime Champ 9 53 53 0 -2 + 2
Life Lesson 10 60 49 -11 -2 -9
Jet Cat 11 62 60 -2 -3 + 1
Circus Lights None - 64 - -188 -
Miraculous Man None - 45 - -188 -
Mariachi Madness None - 57 - -188 -
King Rahul None - 63 - -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)	LIFE LESSON (J Gates) was stubborn loading.
b)	DANCING DORA (C Maujean) jumped awkwardly leaving the stalls.
c)	WALLED GARDEN (N Klink) was slow into stride.	

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED:
a)	The Board have adjourned to review an incident that occurred, which led to Jockey Yeni (SHARAPOVA) having to steady at the 300m. 
b)	WHORLY WHORLY (P Strydom), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer C Naude, acting on behalf of Trainer C Binda, was advised (MS).	
	
JOCKEY CHANGES:
a)	LAUGHING WILLIAM was ridden by Jockey D Schwarz (declared 9 May 2024 at 13H57).		

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER:
a)	SHARAPOVA raced with a tongue tie on	 (declared 8 May 2024 at 10H53).		

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:
a)	WALLED GARDEN abnormal respiratory noise.	
b)	JET CAT blowing post race.	

SCRATCHED:
a)	KING RAHUL temperature (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
b)	MARIACHI MADNESS insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
c)	MIRACULOUS MAN insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies).	
d)	CIRCUS LIGHTS change of rating. Advised 7 May 2024 at 16H26.

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None.