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Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Sassy	Mr M A Yeni	5	56.5kg	57	55	55	Won	5/1	Y	O: Bryan & Taryn Spong T: Miss K Mitchley
2	Joe Harman Line	Mr S Khumalo	2	60.0kg	54	54	54	+1.50	33/10	B Y	O: Mr D M & Mrs L J Johnson, Messrs F du Toit, J G Gomes & O Naidoo T: Estate Late Mr G D Smith
3	Military Man	Mr R D Fourie	4	55.5kg	60	65	65	+4.75	9/2	B TT Y	O: Messrs B J Fegen & A Puggia T: Miss K Mitchley
4	Prince Of Denmark	Mr G van Niekerk	3	55.0kg	72	57	57	+9.25	11/10Fav	Y	O: Mr Jonathan Snaith T: Mr S J Snaith
5	Fearless Badger	Mr L Mxothwa	6	55.5kg	52	58	58	+12.50	25/1	B TT Y	O: Mr Dennis Armstrong T: Estate Late Mr G D Smith
6	And It's Over	Mr R Khathi	1	55.0kg	—	38	38	+99.99	66/1	B Y	—
Code 88	Sound Of Hooves	—	6	55.0kg*	—	20	20	—	50/1	N	—

Sassy

Mr M A Yeni · Dw 5 · 56.5kg

Won

5/1

MR 57 → 55

Joe Harman Line

Mr S Khumalo · Dw 2 · 60.0kg

+1.50

33/10

MR 54 → 54

B Y

Military Man

Mr R D Fourie · Dw 4 · 55.5kg

+4.75

9/2

MR 60 → 65

B TT Y

Prince Of Denmark

Mr G van Niekerk · Dw 3 · 55.0kg

+9.25

11/10 Fav

MR 72 → 57

Fearless Badger

Mr L Mxothwa · Dw 6 · 55.5kg

+12.50

25/1

MR 52 → 58

B TT Y

And It's Over

Mr R Khathi · Dw 1 · 55.0kg

+99.99

66/1

MR — → 38

B Y

Sound Of Hooves

— (True) · Dw 6 · 55.0kg

—

50/1

MR — → 20

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) MILITARY MAN (R Fourie) and AND IT'S OVER (R Khathi) were stubborn loading. b) SASSY (M Yeni) was slow into stride. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: a) Leaving the 500m SASSY (M Yeni) and PRINCE OF DENMARK (G van Niekerk) brushed. Shortly thereafter FEARLESS BADGER (L Mxothwa) had to be steadied momentarily when close to the heels of PRINCE OF DENMARK (G van Niekerk), which shifted in away from SASSY (M Yeni). b) In view of the performance of AND IT'S OVER (R Khathi), which gave ground to the field from the 1000m and finished tailed off, the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine this colt. c) SASSY, the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer K Mitchley was advised. (LM) JOCKEY AND/OR EQUIPMENT CHANGES: a) MILITARY MAN raced with blinkers (declared 11h38 on 20230831) b) FEARLESS BADGER raced with blinkers and a tongue tie (declared 09h20 on 20230830) c) R Fourie (MILITARY MAN) rode +0.5kg (55.9kgs) d) L Mxothwa (FEARLESS BADGER) rode +1.5kgs of which 1kg was declared (56.8kgs) RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER a) Nil THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED: a) AND IT'S OVER - examined post-race. Fatigue b) PRINCE OF DENMARK - abnormal respiratory noise & cast left hind shoe SCRATCHED: a) SOUND OF HOOVES - not eating up. Rule 53.5 applies (declared 07h33 on 20230901)