Race 4: FOR HOSPITALITY BOOKINGS CALL 011 681 1796 MIDDLE STAKES (For horses with nett rating of 105 and below)

VAAL RACECOURSE | Thursday, 02 January 2025 | 14:35

Distance: 2000m

Going: Good

Stakes: R160,000

Race Results

Pos	Horse	A.C.S.	Weight	Draw	Jockey	Len	MR	CMR	Odds
-	Vesuvio	5 b. g	54.0kg	10	Mr N Klink	-	-	85	-
1st	Tamarisk Tree TF	5 ch. g	56.0kg	7	Mr G J Lerena	-	92	105	18/10
2nd	Whafeef	6 b. g	58.0kg	4	Mr P Mxoli	0.9	94	91	25/2
3rd	Birthright	4 b. g	52.0kg	2	Mr J Gates	1.5	85	95	11/2
4	King's Express	3 b. g	56.0kg	1	Mr K Matsunyane	3.75	90	102	25/2
5	Quatermain	2 b. g	52.0kg	3	Mr M K Katjedi	4.85	83	79	17/2
6	Twenty Drachma's	4 b. g	54.0kg	9	Mr C R Maujean	6.35	90	83	25/2
7	Home Of The Brave	2 b. c	58.5kg (60.0)	6	Mr T J Mayhew	6.75	101	97	20/1
8	Hawkbill	4 b. g	56.0kg	8	Mr J Penny	7.05	94	100	4/1
9	Rule Book	6 b. g	58.0kg	5	Mr L M van Rensburg	12.25	96	92	33/1

Race Timing

Winning Time

122.21s

Average Time

121.16s

Difference

+%.2fs

Total Pool

R850,000

View Official NHA Assessment

Rating Analysis

Horse	Pos	MR Before	MR After	Official Δ	Expected Δ	Discrepancy
Tamarisk Tree	1	92	105	+13	+ 7	+ 6
Whafeef	2	94	91	-3	-1	-2
Birthright	3	85	95	+10	-1	+ 11
King's Express	4	90	102	+12	-2	+ 14
Quatermain	5	83	79	-4	-2	-2
Twenty Drachma's	6	90	83	-7	-3	-4
Home Of The Brave	7	101	97	-4	-3	-1
Hawkbill	8	94	100	+6	-3	+ 9
Rule Book	9	96	92	-4	-5	+ 1
Vesuvio	None	-	85	-	-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)	RULE BOOK (M van Rensburg), TAMARISK TREE (G Lerena) and TWENTY DRACHMA'S (C Maujean) were slow into stride.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: 

a)	At approximately the 1000m HAWKBILL (J Penny) was directed outwards and raced in isolation, parallel to the outside rail, throughout.
b)	At approximately the 100m WHAFEEF (P Mxoli) was brushed in slightly by BIRTHRIGHT (J Gates), which was hanging in from the 200m.
c)	TAMARISK TREE, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Stable Employee E 	Lange, acting on behalf of Trainer RR Sage, was advised (MdP) 
	
JOCKEY CHANGES:

a)	M van Rensburg rode RULE BOOK (declared 09h28 on 20250102)
b)	J Penny rode HAWKBILL (declared 10h29 on 20250102)
	
RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER

a)	RULE BOOK raced with a cornell collar (20211105)

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED:

a)	HOME OF THE BRAVE - moderate post-race distress
b)	WHAFEEF - abnormal respiratory noise	

SCRATCHED:

a)	VESUVIO - abnormal temperature. Rule 53.5 applied (declared 09h52 on 20241231)

DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER:

None