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Thursday 21 October 2021

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Next Vaal Racemeeting Monday 25 October Fm 77 Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: -

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Hollywoodbound¹¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lerena| T: Roy Magner| D

7/2

Winner at Turffontein in June. Very good 8¼ lengths third of 13 to Desert Miracle in Gr 2 (40/1) at Greyville (7f, good). Off 110 days. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 504313-

(6)

Tallinn¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: M Yeni| T: M F De Kock| D

3/1

50/3, good second of 9 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 565852-

(1)

Sprinkles¹¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Warren Kennedy| T: Paul Peter| C

9/2

1 win from 2 runs this year. 6/13, won 8-runner maiden at this course (6f, good). Off 114 days. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 21-

(7)

Louvain²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Deon Sampson| T: Corne Spies| CD

12/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 4/1, respectable fifth of 11 in minor event at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies. Others more persuasive.

Form: 586215-

(4)

Terra Time¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Craig Zackey| T: Michael Nicholas Houdalakis| CD

9/2

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in June. Fifth of 6 in minor event at Turffontein (8f, good, 10/3). Off 103 days. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 615-

(9)

Meet The Captain^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: S Khumalo| T: Stephen Moffatt| C

8/1

3 wins from 13 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (10/3) at this course (6f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Back up in trip. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 985181-

(5)

Java House²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Joshwin Solomons⁽³⁾| T: Mike/Adam Azzie| BF

8/1

Respectable second of 9 in handicap (20/7) at Turffontein (6f, good) 28 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 0/39072-

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Golden Spiral^b⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Brian Nyawo| T: Dennis Cason| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 25/1, ninth of 10 in minor event at this course (6f, good) 86 days ago. Back up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 582909-

(3)

Kissing Booth^b1²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: Lyle Hewitson| T: Sean Tarry| C

9/1

Course winner. Winner here in June. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Turffontein (7.4f, good, 250/11) 26 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 4/62185-

Forecasts

Tallinn (3/1), Hollywoodbound (7/2), Sprinkles (9/2), Terra Time (9/2), Meet The Captain (8/1), Java House (8/1), Kissing Booth (9/1), Louvain (12/1), Golden Spiral (25/1)

MEET THE CAPTAIN looks marginally the best of these on these terms and looked better than ever last time. Java House is probably the biggest danger, while Terra Time looks third best.