Vaal Sand Thursday

Discuss a lovely looking vaal sand card below...


Will be a lot of horses running for their corn with the tracking being closed soon..

4/10 Trip tease opened looked quite generous

Bob Brogan wrote: 4/10 Trip tease opened looked quite generous

Same as TripAdvisor imo Bob... breeding indicates taking to the surface is likely, in form trainer, Lerena up, has the turf form and wasn't she "lucky" to get the 1 box... she should definitely win but, imho you would have to be absolutely, completely, totally bonkers to risk it on this course currently :silly: I perhaps should clarify further, backing ANY horse at those sort of prices on this course at the moment is madness imo. Should both win but worth the risk...?

I see the track condition is blank. No better or worse than calling it "standard" I guess... :whistle:

Think all the trips should run well tomorrow
Trip advisor - win
Trip tease - place
Perfect trip - each way

The 2 trippis in the 1st and 2nd makes for a good double, just did Striker choose not to ride the 1st one?

Since Trip Tease's last win here back in late June, I believe there has only been one winner from the 9 horses that have started at evens or shorter. I don't think any were as short as the two in the opening events tomorrow though and I do think they should both win but...

Does Mr St John D Gray own all the horses he trains?

HorSoc@1 wrote: The 2 trippis in the 1st and 2nd makes for a good double, just did Striker choose not to ride the 1st one?

When is he serving his suspension from?

No Idea, haven't seen any card changes. Striker riding the 2nd fav in race 1.

HorSoc@1 wrote: Does Mr St John D Gray own all the horses he trains?

Can't say for sure HS but that is certainly the impression I have now (if not all then it is definitely the vast majority)

How many of these horse on this card will be having prep runs for the 26th??

gregbucks wrote: How many of these horse on this card will be having prep runs for the 26th??

I think a few must run well to get into the cup. The one that I like is Capricorn Ridge. Obviously the last run in Kim not great but I know that horses normally need a run or two there to show so take that as a gallop and expect a super run today.