www.tabgold.co.za MAIDEN PLATE (For all Maidens) | 26 Dec 2024

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Top Gun	Mr C J Habib	8	60.0kg	72	66	66	Won	7/1	B Y	O: Messrs C J Williamson, J A G Rushton & Adam Kethro Property Trust (Nom: Mr A W Kethro) T: Mr P V Lafferty
2	Trend Maker	Mr Serino Moodley	1	60.0kg	—	73	73	+1.20	8/1	Y	O: Joel Moonegha & Nathan Moonegha T: Mr Douglas Campbell
3	Zyakala	Mr C F Dicken	3	60.0kg	47	66	66	+1.70	33/1	B TT Y	O: Mr L M Michael, Mr Chad Zoghby & Mrs Tanya Zoghb T: Mr Y Singh
4	The Golden Goal Line	Miss R A Venniker	7	58.5kg	67	55	55	+2.20	9/4Fav	B Y	O: Messrs Dave Hawkins, Douglas Campbell, L A Marques, J Te Riele, E Cantatore, W Fyvie, G Teichman & Sir George Albu T: Mr Douglas Campbell
5	Little Cracker	Mr M J Thackeray	2	60.0kg	—	64	64	+4.10	7/2	Y	O: Mrs M D J Liley & Mr A J Rivalland T: Mr A J Rivalland
6	Deserto	Mr Jace Botes	5	56.0kg*	—	66	66	+6.00	6/1	Y	—
7	Samuel Longsword	Mr R Danielson	6	60.0kg	64	56	56	+10.70	16/1	B Y	—
8	Fire Tiger	Mr S D Veale	4	60.0kg	—	54	54	+11.10	7/1	Y	—

Top Gun

Mr C J Habib · Dw 8 · 60.0kg

Won

7/1

MR 72 → 66

B Y

Trend Maker

Mr Serino Moodley · Dw 1 · 60.0kg

+1.20

8/1

MR — → 73

Zyakala

Mr C F Dicken · Dw 3 · 60.0kg

+1.70

33/1

MR 47 → 66

B TT Y

The Golden Goal Line

Miss R A Venniker · Dw 7 · 58.5kg

+2.20

9/4 Fav

MR 67 → 55

B Y

Little Cracker

Mr M J Thackeray · Dw 2 · 60.0kg

+4.10

7/2

MR — → 64

Deserto

Mr Jace Botes (True) · Dw 5 · 56.0kg

+6.00

6/1

MR — → 66

Samuel Longsword

Mr R Danielson · Dw 6 · 60.0kg

+10.70

16/1

MR 64 → 56

B Y

Fire Tiger

Mr S D Veale · Dw 4 · 60.0kg

+11.10

7/1

MR — → 54

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) TREND MAKER (S Moodley), ZYAKALA (C F Dicken) and FIRE TIGER (S Veale) lost 1 length. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED : a) Leaving the 200m LITTLE CRACKER (M Thackeray) was carried in marginally by TREND MAKER (S Moodley) which shifted in away from the crop and was corrected. b) TREND MAKER (S Moodley) and FIRE TIGER (S Veale) raced green. c) Jockey R Danielson reported that he felt something amiss with SAMUEL LONGSWORD in the running. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine. d) TOP GUN (C Habib), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Stable Employee V Ndlovu acting on behalf of Trainer P V Lafferty advised (SP). JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES : a) Nil. RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER : a) Nil. THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED : a) SAMUEL LONGSWORD : Nothing obvious detected. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHINGS : DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER: a) None.