Vaal Sand Thursday.. 19/1/12

Discuss Thursdays racing below

Raise The Bar to do just that...

All the best to those with runners...(tu)

On last week's run Maji Moto should win from here to the middle of next month off his merit rating. Even as a non punter I'm dying to see how they price that up. (

I also like Draw Bridge and Raise The Bar, Conne Mara Black (if she takes to the sand) and the very disappointing Fort William, who could do what so many other Fort Woods have done and improve a ton on the sand, If he can't do something in that field he really is mediocre.

Tiger Flash is a horse I have quite a lot of time for, but he's running against some horses with lots of sand form, not least Louis' Jack Rock. And don't be at all surprise if Combera Boy is more than good enough for that motley bunch in the last.

majis 7 to 10 and gombera is scrat ched..i can tell you another thing mathew the person who prices up looks at your selections very closely and very very often your top 5 selections are the top 5 in the betting ...coincidence i dont think so

I went for Maji Moto before last week's run, but I sure as hell wasn't going to change my mind afterwards. He's a blinder also on the earlier C&D run behind Furious Dancer.

Maji Moto was priced up at 6/1 in a MR77 handicap on the Vaal sand on 27/12/2011, and then the rain came .....

Speed ratings for the main contenders with previous Vaal sand form –

R1…Waltzing Duel 75, Caribbean Cruise 71, After the Party 67, Lucky Wishes 66

R2…Road Warrior 85, Active Power 74, Baker’s Dozen 74,

R3…Mexican Magic 69, Secret Tune 67, Resounding Success 71, Butterfly Knot 63

R4…Maji Moto 102, Grey Poet 95, Gates of Fortune 86, Key Ridge 85

R5…Boss Cat 104, Veto 103, Speed Keeper 101, Bownore 98

R6…Raise the Bar 106, Poppins 100, Minwa 97, Howhighcanufly 94

R7…Polish Lady 93, Precious Ruby 90, Lady Ameera 87, Laurel Canyon 87

R8…Drawbridge 109, Pimp my Ride 103, Son of the Burg 98, Mabuko Spirit 98

R9…Al Felon 94, Cuve 89, American Gangsta 85, Shopper Challenge 84

Happy Horseplaying

Value selections primarily for PA’s and quartets –

R1…Waltzing Duel…5/2

R2…Road Warrior…6/1

R3…Secret Tune…40/1

R4…Grey Poet…10/1

R5…Boss Cat…8/1

R6…Raise the Bar…18/10

R7…Polish Lady…11/2

R8…Drawbridge…18/10

R9…Cuve…8/1

Happy Horseplaying

Veto for me todayX(

Mornings...yous early buzzii with the vaal hey..

CARD CHANGES FOR VAAL..I'LL POST LATER ON WHAT I LIKE FOR TODAY><

RACE # HORSE # HORSE NAME REASON TIME DATE ADV. ADVISED CAPTURED
SCRATCHINGS:
1 13 Biasca Reserve Runner 08h19 19-JAN-12 System Aarthip
1 14 On Appro Reserve Runner 08h19 19-JAN-12 System Aarthip
2 14 Silver Brush Reserve Runner 08h19 19-JAN-12 System Aarthip
2 8 Cockney Tiger Temperature 08h09 19-JAN-12 Alec Laird Arvinm
3 10 Rawlings Under vet treatment 08h40 18-JAN-12 Erico Verdonese Barnesg
3 11 Roman Numeral Nasal Discharge 08h24 18-JAN-12 S Ferreira Serenam
4 2 Gates Of Fortune Coughing 08h03 19-JAN-12 Weiho Marwing Arvinm
7 13 As Time Goes On Reserve Runner 08h19 19-JAN-12 System Aarthip
7 14 Reine D' Ivoire Reserve Runner 08h19 19-JAN-12 System Aarthip
8 6 Glass Sky Under 12 days suspension 09h01 13-JAN-12 C Spies Audreyb
8 9 Silver Specialist Under Suspension 10h52 18-JAN-12 Thulani Khanyile Serenam
9 13 Drum Majorette Injured in Float 08h33 19-JAN-12 James Maree Sarishar
9 1 Combera Boy Lame near fore 11h23 16-JAN-12 T Spies Aarthip





RESERVE RUNNERS:

JOCKEY CHANGES:
2 13 Windy Day To Be Ridden By: * N Juglall(0.0) 08h11 19-JAN-12 Clinton Binda Arvinm
3 13 Secret Tune To Be Ridden By: G Wrogemann 08h45 18-JAN-12 C Spies Audreyb
3 14 Sugar Lass To Be Ridden By: * N Juglall(0.0) 08h45 18-JAN-12 Grant Barnesg
8 8 Zebulon To Be Ridden By: * J Greyling(1.5) 09h11 18-JAN-12 Tyrone Zackey Nanaq





EQUIPMENT CHANGES:
1 3 Lido De Paris Blinkers Off 08h14 16-JAN-12 Dominic Zaki Aarthip
1 5 Stephanie Blinkers On 08h01 18-JAN-12 Tyrone Zackey Nanaq
2 13 Windy Day Blinkers On 08h33 19-JAN-12 C Binda Audreyb
3 3 Resounding Success Blinkers On 09h57 17-JAN-12 S Moffatt Sarishar
3 5 Bang Bang Blinkers On 09h57 17-JAN-12 S Moffatt Sarishar
4 3 Maji Moto Tongue Ties On 07h33 19-JAN-12 Leon Erasmus Barnesg
4 1 Key Ridge Tongue Ties On 07h33 19-JAN-12 Leon Erasmus Barnesg
5 4 Okeechobee Blinkers Off 07h57 19-JAN-12 C Binda Serenam
7 4 Polish Lady Tongue Ties On 09h02 16-JAN-12 L Houdalakis Serenam





WEIGHT/MR ADJUSTMENTS:



OWNER/COLOUR CHANGES:

OTHER CHANGES:

ADDITIONAL FORM & CHANGES:
1 7 Waltzing Duel R 559 20120112 (G) 1450 C Ndlovu 60.0 ( 59) A 3- 9 2 6.25 Formation 60.0 91.20 5/2 18/10 F
1 4 Caribbean Cruise Tn 578 20120117 (G) 1160 S Chambers 60.0 ( 62) A 11-14 6 3.65 Cinnamon Spice 60.0 67.77 20/1 20/1
1 5 Stephanie R 560 20120112 (G) 1000 S Nhlapo 60.0 ( 50) S 9-15 9 10.25 La Volta 60.0 61.78 33/1 50/1
3 2 Mexican Magic R 560 20120112 (G) 1000 S Brown 60.0 ( 72) A 2-15 2 3.75 La Volta 60.0 60.54 7/2 11/2
3 14 Sugar Lass R 560 20120112 (G) 1000 J P v'd Merwe 60.0 ( 56) A 5-15 15 37.00 La Volta 60.0 67.46 66/1 100/1
3 3 Resounding Success R 560 20120112 (G) 1000 N Juglall 60.0 ( 71) B A 11-15 4 5.25 La Volta 60.0 60.82 16/1 10/1
4 3 Maji Moto R 562 20120112 (G) 1000 S Brown 58.0 ( 68) B A 4-10 3 0.50 Furious Dancer 60.0 58.29 16/1 20/1
6 2 Raise The Bar R 561 20120112 (G) 1000 M Mienie 58.0 ( 91) A 5- 8 2 3.75 Hidden Beauty 56.0 58.08 6/1 13/2
6 6 Small Miracle R 565 20120112 (G) 1450 N Juglall 58.5 ( 83) C A 10-14 4 2.10 Mexican Glory 59.0 90.14 20/1 20/1
7 9 Maria K R 565 20120112 (G) 1450 L Nhlapo 55.5 ( 67) A 6-14 7 6.50 Mexican Glory 59.0 90.98 16/1 20/1
7 7 Precious Ruby R 565 20120112 (G) 1450 D Mansour 56.0 ( 68) A 4-14 13 39.00 Mexican Glory 59.0 97.75 6/1 10/1
7 12 Sucha Wonder R 565 20120112 (G) 1450 S Brown 55.0 ( 66) A 8-14 10 13.75 Mexican Glory 59.0 92.41 25/1 50/1
8 5 Son Of The Burg R 563 20120112 (G) 1450 D Mansour 60.0 ( 80) B A 6-12 2 3.50 Crown Heights 56.0 89.54 20/1 14/1
8 8 Zebulon R 563 20120112 (G) 1450 P Strydom 56.5 ( 73) S 5-12 3 4.25 Crown Heights 56.0 89.68 5/1 15/2
8 4 Parlotone R 563 20120112 (G) 1450 C Maujean 60.0 ( 80) A 3-12 11 20.25 Crown Heights 56.0 92.83 20/1 33/1
9 6 American Gangsta t 576 20120114 (Y) 2600 P Strydom 54.0 ( 60) B S 7-14 3 6.25 Surfing Safari 57.5 168.24 8/1 14/1
9 3 First To Finish R 564 20120112 (G) 1800 T Appie 52.0 ( 66) A 7- 7 5 9.50 Greylaami 55.0 115.99 8/1 10/1

UNRACED IN P6 AND JACKPOT:

GENERAL INFORMATION:
WEATHER
@08h00: Fine, Easterly 15kph crosswind; @12h00: ; @16h00:
RAIN 24 HOURS Nil RAIN 7 DAYS 58mm PEN READING Nil
IRRIGATION 24 HOURS Nil IRRIGATION 7 DAYS 16.8mm TRACK CON Standard
FALSE RAIL POS Nil

The Happy Horseplayer Wrote:

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> Value selections primarily for PA’s and quartets
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> R3…Secret Tune…40/1
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> Happy Horseplaying


That could be spot on