12:05 Vaal

Thursday 9 October 2025

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Play Soccer 6, 10 And 13 Fm 72 Apprentice Divided Handicap (F & M)

Off time: 12:05 | Winning time: 1m 9.6s

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(6)

Gimmeforsure¹⁰⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Dezahn Louw⁽⁹⁾| T: Mike/mathe Kock| BF

5/1

1 win from 2 runs this year. Winner at Turffontein in June. Sixth of 12 in handicap (9/4) at Turffontein (5f, good). Off 105 days. Uphill task.

Form: 16-

(8)

Opera Fan⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Kobeli Lihaba| T: Paul Matchett

9/1

5/4, career best when winning 9-runner minor event at Scottsville (8f, good). Off 92 days. Back down in trip. Makes handicap debut. Leniently treated.

Form: 325321-

(3)

Misty Metal^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Savanna Valjalo⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Peter| D

15/2

Latest win at Turffontein in September. 16/1, bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago. Booking of Valjalo a plus. Something to find on form.

Form: 166416-

(1)

Blindfire^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Girish Samo-burthia⁽⁹⁾| T: Tony Peter| C

2/1

Course winner. Winner here in May. 5/1, good second of 12 in handicap at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.

Form: 617532-

(5)

Time For Charity^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Nirvan Nastili⁽⁶⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| BF| C| D

4/1

Course winner. Latest win here in July. 7/2, creditable third of 10 in handicap at this course (5.5f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 213223-

(7)

Golden Aspen²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Trent Mayhew⁽³⁾| T: Corne Spies| CD

11/2

3-time C&D winner. Twenty five runs since last win in 2024. Below form fourth of 8 in handicap (5/1) at Scottsville (6f, good to soft) 25 days ago. First run for yard after leaving C. Spies.

Form: 483624-

(2)

She's All Mine¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Girish Dookhit⁽⁹⁾| T: Brett Webber| CD

22/1

First run since leaving M. D. Miller when career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 33/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 6761-

(4)

Micke's Bomb^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Jacey Botes⁽⁶⁾| T: Fanie Bronkhorst| D

7/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2024. Good third of 12 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (good) 21 days ago.

Form: 974473-

Forecasts

Blindfire (2/1), Time For Charity (4/1), Gimmeforsure (5/1), Golden Aspen (11/2), Micke's Bomb (7/1), Misty Metal (15/2), Opera Fan (9/1), She's All Mine (22/1)

OPERA FAN formwise has a clear edge and has a lot in her favour. Blindfire is difficult to ignore where second place is concerned, while Time For Charity edges it so far as third place is concerned.