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Pos	Horse	Jockey	Draw	Weight	MR Pre	MR Post	MR Curr	Lengths	Odds	Equip	Owner / Trainer
1	Passing Storm	Mr L M van Rensburg	2	57.0kg	70	67	67	Won	32/10Fav	Y	O: Mr W H Ackerman T: Mr S T Pettigrew
2	Ball Rolling	Mr N A Qaule	9	60.0kg	55	59	59	+0.50	18/1	B Y	O: Mr H C N Da Costa T: Mr P A Peter
3	Royal Siege	Mr D W Schwarz	5	60.0kg	55	44	44	+2.50	50/1	B Y	O: Mr K P & Mrs N M Backos T: Mr Tyrone Zackey
4	Fast Draw Line	Mr G J Lerena	3	60.0kg	62	63	63	+2.75	87/20	Y	O: Mr B J Sahd T: Mr C Spies
5	Attentive	Mr S M Brown	4	60.0kg	69	58	58	+5.50	4/1	Y	O: Late Mr D R & Mrs K M L Makins T: Mr C Spies
6	Hukum	Mr C Murray	8	57.0kg	—	69	69	+7.00	13/4	Y	—
7	Electra Flying	Mr J R Syster	1	58.5kg*	60	60	60	+7.50	40/1	B Y	—
8	The Sandwich Man	Mr S Khumalo	6	60.0kg	64	59	59	+14.50	12/1	B Y	—
9	Grey Street	Mr M A Yeni	7	60.0kg	64	62	62	+18.50	10/1	B TT Y	—
Code 88	White Fang	—	6	57.0kg	—	91	91	—	15/10	N	—

Passing Storm

Mr L M van Rensburg · Dw 2 · 57.0kg

Won

32/10 Fav

MR 70 → 67

Ball Rolling

Mr N A Qaule · Dw 9 · 60.0kg

+0.50

18/1

MR 55 → 59

B Y

Royal Siege

Mr D W Schwarz · Dw 5 · 60.0kg

+2.50

50/1

MR 55 → 44

B Y

Fast Draw Line

Mr G J Lerena · Dw 3 · 60.0kg

+2.75

87/20

MR 62 → 63

Attentive

Mr S M Brown · Dw 4 · 60.0kg

+5.50

4/1

MR 69 → 58

Hukum

Mr C Murray · Dw 8 · 57.0kg

+7.00

13/4

MR — → 69

Electra Flying

Mr J R Syster (True) · Dw 1 · 58.5kg

+7.50

40/1

MR 60 → 60

B Y

The Sandwich Man

Mr S Khumalo · Dw 6 · 60.0kg

+14.50

12/1

MR 64 → 59

B Y

Grey Street

Mr M A Yeni · Dw 7 · 60.0kg

+18.50

10/1

MR 64 → 62

B TT Y

White Fang

— · Dw 6 · 57.0kg

—

15/10

MR — → 91

THE STARTER REPORTED: a) ELECTRA FLYING (*J R Syster) was slow losing one length. THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED: a) At approximately the 800m, ATTENTIVE (S Brown) had to ease when tightened for galloping room on the inside of PASSING STORM (M van Rensburg) which rolled in when awkwardly placed on the inside of FAST DRAW (G Lerena). The Board was of the opinion that this was a racing incident and that blame could not be apportioned to any individual rider. b) Jockey N Quale the rider of BALL ROLLING accidentally dropped his crop in the concluding stages. c) PASSING STORM (M van Rensburg), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer N Titise advised (AH). d) BALL ROLLING (N Quale), placed second, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer A Peter advised (LK). JOCKEY CHANGES: a) FAST DRAW was ridden by Jockey G Lerena (declared 22 December 2020 at 07H51). RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER: a) ROYAL SIEGE raced equipped with blinkers (declared 21 December 2020 at 21H59). THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED: a) PASSING STORM cast its right hind shoe in running. SCRATCHED: a) WHITE FANG insufficient recovery time (Trainer) (Rule 53.5 applies). DISQUALIFIED / DECLARED NON-RUNNER: None.