11:22 Vaal

Thursday 24 July 2025

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Charity Mile 1 November Maiden Handicap

Off time: 11:22 | Winning time: 1m 38.57s

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(1)

Johnny Drama^b⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Kabelo Matsunyane| T: Robyn Klaasen

5/4

5/2, creditable second of 8 in maiden at Turffontein (7.2f, good) 7 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Stepping back in the right direction.

Form: 832742

(4)

Cuzzie^b⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Gates| T: Brett Webber

33/1

75/1, eleventh of 12 in maiden at Greyville (9.9f, AW) 57 days ago. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving L. W. Goosen. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 099480

(3)

Gift Of Royal⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Jeffery Syster| T: Brett Webber

16/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 16/1, below form fifth of 9 in maiden at Turffontein (9f, good) 7 days ago. Leniently treated on pick of form.

Form: 370255

(5)

Codeword²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Girish Samo-burthia⁽⁹⁾| T: Sean Tarry

8/1

Second of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good, 100/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 888772

(6)

Trip To States²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: G Lerena| T: Chris Jonker

3/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. 5/2, creditable second of 8 in handicap at this course (7f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 340242

(2)

Winchester³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Philasande Mxoli| T: Paul Matchett

3/1

100/1, excellent fifth of 10 in minor event at Turffontein (7f, good) 31 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 05-5675

(8)

Emerald City²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-3| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Roy Magner

40/1

125/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 6078

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Ember King¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-3| J: Kaidan Brewer| T: Tony Peter

12/1

125/1, ninth of 10 in maiden at Turffontein (5.8f, good) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Firmly up against it.

Form: 099

Forecasts

Johnny Drama (5/4), Trip To States (3/1), Winchester (3/1), Codeword (8/1), Ember King (12/1), Gift Of Royal (16/1), Cuzzie (33/1), Emerald City (40/1)

WINCHESTER is well up to winning this. Trip To States is tough to ignore, while Johnny Drama is perhaps the most interesting of the others.