Vaal Sand Tuesday

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Go forth and prosper

sorry cancelled Volcano in Eritrea. To much ash in the air. Horses lungs you know?

Speed Ratings for Main contenders with previous Vaal sand form :-

1…Heyouneverknow 77, Imani 76, Night Pegasus 73, Danter 72
2…Mandla 81, Bullet Proof 76, Lucky Wishes 74, Littondale 66
3…Maclaine 101, Blingle Bells 100, Bella Mia 99, Gold Essence 85
4…Trade Ban 80, The Western 78, Horse of Josiah 77, Sizzling Guy 76
5…Benbow 100, Memghar 100, Indecent Obsession 97, Candy Cotton 95
6…Master Blaster 117, Boyan Blaze 110, Parade Prince 107, Sermon 100
7…Laughing River 101, End of Season 101, Full Moon Rising 96, Lorne Cottage 94
8…Leprecorns Gift 95, Son o/t Burg 94, Fort Announce 90, Silver Rocket 88
9…Dixie Lass 101, Jolly Pooppins 91, High tower 82, Lullaby Waltz 80

Very interesting card with a good mix of sand newcomers and some reasonable sand performers (class related). Decent size fields in the 4 x 1000m races and interesting to see whether the draw shall play a part…when one ‘forgets’ about such an aspect it has a habit of giving one a tough reminder (see last few 1450m races). Whilst still favouring ‘value selections’ in quartets and PA’s, trying to balance that for each race with some ‘stronger conteders’: -

1…DANTER and Heyouneverknow
2…LUCKY WISHES and Mandla
3…BLINGLE BELLS and Bella Mia
4…THE WESTERN and Trade Ban
5…MEMGHAR and Benbow
6…MASTER BLASTER and Boylan Blaze
7…LAUGHING RIVER and End of Season
8…LEPRECORNS GIFT and Son o/t Burg
9…DIXIE LASS and Dixie Lass and Dixie Lass.

This card has HUGE PAYOUT written all over it... Take my comment with a ''pinch of salt'' but I will be including most of Romeo Francis horses in all my exotics (Call it a gut feeling)...:S

Race 3: Maclaine might of been a bit flat in her last start but is 5kg's worse off with Blingle Bells on there run behind RS on the 26th April... Roughies - Kesha and Gold Essense.
Race 4: IF Bullard takes to the sand its race over, there is collaterial form behind Star Rating that suggests his principal dangers (Horse of Josiah and Tenor in Tune/same formline behind Boss Cat) have it all to do to beat em.
Race 5: Erasmus coupling strong, I like Empire Ruler but including all of them in the pa... Iron Legend the ''unknown'' on the sand.
Race 6: Master Blaster has to carry an extra 9kg's from his impressive win last time out, drops in class but may be caught out the last 100metres.. Here i am including Art Wish and Ryan's a Lion in the pa.
Race 7: First to Finish (Simons goes well on her) has Laughing River stone cold at the weight, but National Danzig did nothing to frank the formline last Friday.... LR does like this 1600m so can't ignore... Gray Coupling must be included.
Race 8: Derek Davids/Son of the Burg combination, SB looks to be coming back to form... Dangers Extremist, Leprecorns Gift and Lecture Tour.
Race 9: Pretty much the most difficult race on the card imo, roughies Zara and Trinket but take the field if you can afford it...

Best Bet: Bullard
Value: Ryan's a Lion and Son of the Burg

Preparing myself for egg on my face....

Frosty Filly (back with the girls) and Zara(huge merit rating drop) are a good fixed place double.

My pot for today

2/9/13/15
7/8/9/12
2/6/8
6/9/12

R144 for 100% or R7.20 for 5%

Boss Cat

Gregbucks nice preview.i would not leave out horse for josiah he looks to be improving exponentialy!

antsinner Wrote:

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> Gregbucks nice preview.i would not leave out horse
> for josiah he looks to be improving exponentialy!

2 Year old....??

THH and gregbucks - thanks for your views; let's see if we can catch that big one today - these are my thoughts:

R3: I really fancy Howhighcanufly today - stable had a long overdue winner on Sunday and she was unlucky not to win her last start imo; money for Chrissy Sanchez who must be considered along with Blingle Bells, Maclaine and Bella Mia
R4: Bullard IF he fancies the sand - banker or field
R5: Not easy; I prefer Memghar of the Erasmus runners, include the Goosen coupling and the scratched Gold Site - this gives you the juvenile Winter's Song (Delpech rides) who is actually my first choice in the race and consider Right Royal Man who is at best over this trip and has a 7 kg swing with Memghar for a 2 length beating earlier
R6: Competitive again, but Master Blaster loves the trip and should be right there again; Speed Keeper has won twice and placed 7 times from 10 tries over this trip and goes into my PA - but the race does not stop there.
R7: Open fillies handicap - perhaps take a chance with Laughing River and the Gray coupling - Cinnamon could surprise in her first try on the sand
R8: Nightmare of a race; Son of the Burg has won over this trip and is better drawn than Leprechorn's Gift; Extremist may improve on the sand (or not); for a real lunatic inclusion consider Nkanyezi who should prefer the sand
R9: We have Laurel Canyon trying the sand again; she was not 100% in her previous tries on the sand, but only the race will show if she really doesn't like the sand and she should not be left out of the P6 imo; that being said Dixie Lass has consistent from over this trip and looks the right one to me; others to consider are Jolly Poppins and Zara (who easilly holds Laurel at the weights on earlier form) and Cyber Shot in her first try on the sand.

Play well

I have not done this in a while so here goes ... Most of you know me as a value punter .

Race 1 - Dancewiththestars , not to shabby a 1st run on sand. Imani to short for me and two good chances in weak fields to win.
Race 2 - Mandla, FieryGold ,Bulletproof and Lucky Wishes all have a shout but Born this way could suprize at a good price.
Race 3 - Gold Essence and Bella Mia
Race 4 - Revresco and Timber Baron
Race 5 - No Selections
Race 6 - No Selections
Race 7 - Laughing River , I love the way this horse quickens.
Race 8 - For some silly reason I like Coco Stripes e/w

Crazy selections some may say but hey that's how I punt them.

Break a leg to any clansmen who have runners and Happy Punting all .