NEXT VAAL RACEMEETING TUESDAY 16 MAY MR 75 HANDICAP (Open) | 11 May 2023

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Cosmic Star	Mr K de Melo	2	60.0kg	78	105	105	Won	6/1	Y	O: Wernars Family, Jagessar Limited (Nom: Mr Alan Cooper) & Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Dr W A & Mrs N Jacobs) T: Mr J A Janse van Vuuren
2	Letsdoit Line	Mr P J Strydom	7	60.0kg	75	72	72	+4.25	14/1	TT Y	O: Mr A J de Matos T: Mr S J Moffatt
3	Mescal	Mr L M van Rensburg	3	58.5kg	75	64	64	+4.75	25/2	Y	O: Dr M Taljaardt & Mr J J Matthee T: Mr F Bronkhorst
4	Suryavarman	Mr D W Schwarz	5	60.0kg	78	84	84	+5.50	5/2Fav	TT Y	O: The Playgate SA ( Nom: Mr Furkhat Ibragimov) T: Mr A P Peter
5	Laetitia's Angel	Mr R Danielson	4	61.5kg	78	77	77	+6.00	17/2	TT Y	O: Mr A C Grobler T: Mrs A B Fortune
6	Power Ranger	Mr M A Yeni	1	52.5kg	60	69	69	+6.10	3/1	Y	—
7	Defender Of Rights	Mr D de Gouveia	8	58.0kg	71	67	67	+7.50	10/1	B Y	—
8	San Marzano	Mr C R Maujean	6	59.0kg	76	53	53	+8.25	33/1	B TT Y	—
9	Ballon D'or	Mr S Sosibo	10	53.0kg*	66	61	61	+9.00	100/1	B TT N	—
10	Fort Lauderdale	Mr S Khumalo	9	58.0kg	74	85	85	+11.00	14/1	B Y	—
11	Corapi	Mr J P van der Merwe	11	56.5kg	68	67	67	+12.25	50/1	B TT Y	—

Cosmic Star

Mr K de Melo · Dw 2 · 60.0kg

Won

6/1

MR 78 → 105

Letsdoit Line

Mr P J Strydom · Dw 7 · 60.0kg

+4.25

14/1

MR 75 → 72

TT Y

Mescal

Mr L M van Rensburg · Dw 3 · 58.5kg

+4.75

25/2

MR 75 → 64

Suryavarman

Mr D W Schwarz · Dw 5 · 60.0kg

+5.50

5/2 Fav

MR 78 → 84

TT Y

Laetitia's Angel

Mr R Danielson · Dw 4 · 61.5kg

+6.00

17/2

MR 78 → 77

TT Y

Power Ranger

Mr M A Yeni · Dw 1 · 52.5kg

+6.10

3/1

MR 60 → 69

Defender Of Rights

Mr D de Gouveia · Dw 8 · 58.0kg

+7.50

10/1

MR 71 → 67

B Y

San Marzano

Mr C R Maujean · Dw 6 · 59.0kg

+8.25

33/1

MR 76 → 53

B TT Y

Ballon D'or

Mr S Sosibo (True) · Dw 10 · 53.0kg

+9.00

100/1

MR 66 → 61

B TT N

Fort Lauderdale

Mr S Khumalo · Dw 9 · 58.0kg

+11.00

14/1

MR 74 → 85

B Y

Corapi

Mr J P van der Merwe · Dw 11 · 56.5kg

+12.25

50/1

MR 68 → 67

B TT Y

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) LETSDOIT (P Strydom) jumped outwards leaving the stalls. b) SAN MARZANO (C Maujean) was slow into stride. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: a) In the concluding stages, DEFENDER OF RIGHTS (D De Gouveia) was carried out marginally by MESCAL (M van Rensburg), which shifted out away from the crop and was corrected. b) COSMIC STAR (K de Melo), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Stable Employee M Boya was advised (MS). JOCKEY CHANGES: None. RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER: None. THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED: a) LETSDOIT abnormal respiratory noise and coughing post race. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS. DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER: None.