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Thursday 5 June 2025

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Champion Middle Distance Horse (1800-2000m): Fire Attack Maiden Handicap

Off time: 11:39 | Winning time: 1m 28.66s

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(8)

Asiah's Tiara⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Trent Mayhew⁽³⁾| T: Craig Mayhew

11/1

25/2, sixth of 7 in maiden at this course (7f, good) 89 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 527-456

(10)

Jilted²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Alson Ndzilana

18/1

40/1, good fourth of 8 in maiden at this course (6f, good) 28 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 8595-84

(12)

Miss Takes²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lerena| T: Tyrone Zackey

5/4

Bit below form fifth of 10 in maiden at Vaal (8f, good, 17/2) 21 days ago. Booking of Lerena a plus. Makes handicap debut. Merits consideration.

Form: 5535

(5)

Parabellum¹⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett

8/1

Seventh of 11 in maiden (16/1) at Vaal (7.2f, good). Off 140 days. Makes handicap debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 546-7

(6)

New Life¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Wesley Marwing| T: Paul Matchett

25/1

25/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Vaal (9f, good) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 647

(3)

Battle Ofthe Bulge⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: L Nhlapo| T: Brett Webber

11/1

Seventh of 8 in maiden at Vaal (9f, good to soft, 8/1) 51 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M/A Azzie. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 77-07

(13)

Bella Boop Boop¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Mxolisi Mbuto⁽⁹⁾| T: Corrie Lensley

33/1

Remains a maiden after 20 Flat runs. Sixth of 8 in maiden at Vaal (9f, good, 25/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 573636

(4)

Waiting On Charlie¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-6| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Candice Dawson

5/2

Last of 6 in minor event (13/2) at Vaal (7.4f, good) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 8-46

(2)

Hopscotch¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Fanie Bronkhorst

6/1

Seventh of 13 in maiden (25/1) at this course (7f, good) 19 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 857

(7)

Codeword²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Sean Tarry

33/1

150/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Vaal (8f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 6-888

Non-Runners

(11)

Trip To States⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: Chris Jonker J: Girish Samo-burthia

(9)

Sasha Lee⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: Tony Peter J: Calvin Habib

(1)

Mrs Wonderful³⁷

Weight: 8-3| Age: 3

T: Shaylen Naidoo J: Brevan Plaatjies

Forecasts

Miss Takes (5/4), Waiting On Charlie (5/2), Sasha Lee (5/1), Hopscotch (6/1), Parabellum (8/1), Asiah's Tiara (11/1), Battle Ofthe Bulge (11/1), Jilted (18/1), Trip To States (20/1), New Life (25/1), Bella Boop Boop (33/1), Codeword (33/1), Mrs Wonderful (100/1)

WAITING ON CHARLIE looks marginally the best of this bunch but it's an open race. Miss Takes is a viable alternative, while Hopscotch is perhaps the most interesting other runner in the field.