The Vaal, Saturday 5 December

The Vaal stage a nine race card on Saturday, with the 2020 WSB Grand Heritage headlining the card.

TRACK DETAILS

Race Track: Turf. 3000m oval circuit. Races up to 1600m straight course; beyond 1600m clockwise round turn with 1000m run-in.

Best Draws: Low-number draws slightly favoured in 1700m races.

Pen - 22
Going - Good
False Rail - Inside rails: 4.5m in from 1600m to 600m with 4.5m spur at 600m mark. Outside rails: Zero

JUMP TIMES

Race 1 - 12:45
Race 2 - 13:20
Race 3 - 13:55
Race 4 - 14:30
Race 5 - 15:10
Race 6 - 15:45
Race 7 - 16:20 WSB Grand Heritage
Race 8 - 16:55
Race 9 - 17:25

EXOTICS

Bi Pot (Races 2-7 )
P A (Races 3-9 )
Pick 6 (Races 4-9 )
Jackpot 1 (Races 5-8 )
Jackpot 2 (Races 6-9 )

BEST BET – Race 6 ANNA CAPRI 14/10*

VALUE BET – Race 7 NAAFER 18/1*

*Odds correct at time of posting

Wet, wet, wet on the East Rand. Any updates from the Vaal?

Big day at the VAAL and well done again to WSB👍

We hope weather OK

GIVEMETHEGOAHEAD and ANNA CAPRI look best


Good Punting

Race 3 - 12 Twelve Oaks - 4 Herstel - 6 Sweet Future
Race 4 - 14 Panama Kid - 15 Silver Master - 9 Money Fighter
Race 5 - 1 Purple Panther - 8 Forever Light - 5 Bold Jazz
Race 7 - 13 Oscar Wilde -7 Golden Pheasant - 1 Expressfromtheus
Race 8 - 8 Dark Tide - 5 Gimme Hope Johanna - 4 Virtuosa

All the best to all Clanners for today...stay safe and healthy...

Vaal pick 6 pool R5million rand . Hard card compared to last week summer cup . Pick 6 that pay out R370k . There were a number of tickets at tote and alot of bookies .

Won't be surprised if this meeting does not go ahead - certainly rained a lot in the north; not sure what the situation is at the course - and as per usual TT a fountain of information :huh:

This is highly frustrating. Either postpone the meeting early or send out a message confirming they've acknowledged the amount of rain received and forecasted to fall, and decided that the track will be okay to make it through. Another typical South African racing mentality, keep the punter guessing and wasting their time studying the form guide, because they have nothing better to do.

If they run?

3 bankers and 3 fields (less a few)

Good Punting

Weather Cloudy, 80% chance of rain, 14-23 deg, 27km/h Northerly Head Wind
Rainfall Last 24 Hours 12mm
Rainfall Last 7 Days 28mm
Irrigation Last 24 Hours Nil
Irrigation Last 7 Days 6mm
Penetrometer Reading 24
Track Condition Good to Soft
False Rail Inside rails: 4.5m in from 1600m to 600m with 4.5m spur at 600m mark. Outside rails: Zero

Haven't seen much Vaal racing , anyone have any suggestions which draws are favoured these days ?

Craig Pienaar wrote: Haven't seen much Vaal racing , anyone have any suggestions which draws are favoured these days ?

Your guess would be as good as anyone's - today they have brought in the inner rail - last time this happened inside draws were a definite advantage, but with the wet track, who knows - hopefully the first race can give some sort of indication

Dave Scott wrote: If they run?

3 bankers and 3 fields (less a few)

Good Punting

I assume you are referring to Gimme and Anna as 2 of the bankers - and the other ?