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11 December 2025 | Vaal | Race 3

TAB 4RACING APP MR 66 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (Open)

Distance 1800m

Going Good

Win Time 110.98s

Avg Time 109.64s

Stakes R90,000

WFA Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:7.0 4yrs:0.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:9.5 4yrs:1.5

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Sky Pillar Rock	Ms S T Valjalo	4	59.0kg*	73	85	85	Won	14/10Fav	Y	O: Messrs P M Chetty & R Chetty T: Miss R L Klaasen
2	Crepuscolo Line	Mr M Mbuto	7	50.5kg*	52	57	57	+1.75	6/1	Y	O: Messrs M G Bothma, G J Nassif, J Nassif & Tri-Deal Sixteen CC (Nom: Mr Z L Nassif) T: Mr F P P Habib
3	Fushimi Inari	Mr B Marx - Jacobson	2	53.0kg*	60	52	52	+7.25	16/1	Y	O: TKP Racing (Nom: Trevelen Pillay) T: Mr C I Jonker
4	Commander Of All	Mr Jace Botes	9	53.5kg*	58	57	57	+8.50	5/1	EM Y	O: Mr M G Bothma T: Mr B Webber
5	Hopscotch	Mr Damyan Pillay	1	56.5kg*	78	57	57	+9.10	10/1	B Y	O: Mr F Bronkhorst, Mr D V & Mrs R Woolley T: Mr F Bronkhorst
6	Gold De Grace	Mr K J Lihaba	8	53.0kg*	52	51	51	+9.30	100/1	B TT F	—
7	Viva De Janeiro	Mr E J Muller	6	49.0kg*	52	50	50	+11.80	25/1	B Y	—
8	Bob Lee Swagger	Mr T J Mayhew	3	54.5kg*	55	53	53	+13.20	40/1	B Y	—
9	Flag Bearer	Mr B Soodoo	5	55.0kg*	64	60	60	+15.30	11/2	B TT Y	—
Code 88	Circle Of Grace	Mr G Dookhit	9	50.0kg*	—	58	58	—	8/1	N	—

Sky Pillar Rock

Ms S T Valjalo (True) · Dw 4 · 59.0kg

Won

14/10 Fav

MR 73 → 85

Crepuscolo Line

Mr M Mbuto (True) · Dw 7 · 50.5kg

+1.75

6/1

MR 52 → 57

Fushimi Inari

Mr B Marx - Jacobson (True) · Dw 2 · 53.0kg

+7.25

16/1

MR 60 → 52

Commander Of All

Mr Jace Botes (True) · Dw 9 · 53.5kg

+8.50

5/1

MR 58 → 57

EM Y

Hopscotch

Mr Damyan Pillay (True) · Dw 1 · 56.5kg

+9.10

10/1

MR 78 → 57

B Y

Gold De Grace

Mr K J Lihaba (True) · Dw 8 · 53.0kg

+9.30

100/1

MR 52 → 51

B TT F

Viva De Janeiro

Mr E J Muller (True) · Dw 6 · 49.0kg

+11.80

25/1

MR 52 → 50

B Y

Bob Lee Swagger

Mr T J Mayhew (True) · Dw 3 · 54.5kg

+13.20

40/1

MR 55 → 53

B Y

Flag Bearer

Mr B Soodoo (True) · Dw 5 · 55.0kg

+15.30

11/2

MR 64 → 60

B TT Y

Circle Of Grace

Mr G Dookhit (True) · Dw 9 · 50.0kg

—

8/1

MR — → 58

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) Apprentice B Soodoo, the rider of FLAG BEARER, briefly lost the footing to his right-side stirrup iron leaving the stalls. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: a) VIVA DE JANEIRO (*E J Muller) raced wide around the turn and into the straight. b) CREPUSCOLO (*M Mbuto) hung in from the 500m. c) COMMANDER OF ALL (*J Botes) hung in from the 300m. d) SKY PILLAR ROCK (*S Valjalo), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Stable Employee L Faniso, acting on behalf of Trainer R Klaasen, was advised (SM). JOCKEY CHANGES: None. RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER: None. THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED: a) COMMANDER OF ALL cast its right hind shoe in running. SCRATCHED: a) CIRCLE OF GRACE insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies). DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER: None. Race 3 contd.