After 3 days without any local horseracing, Turffontein plays host to an eight-race programme on the Inside course this afternoon.
Be sure to take the free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge on this meeting with the first due off at 12h35.
The Candy Man and Grand Crescendo (here under Gavin Lerena) can go one better today (Pic – JC Photos)
Hollywoodbets-sponsored Trainer Candice Dawson sends out Grand Crescendo in Race 2.
He cost himself winning over 1160m last time as he hung inwards in the closing stages.
The son of One World would have come on from the run and will strip a much fitter horse.
If Andrew Fortune can keep him on a straight line, he should go one better.
Open Highway from the Fanie Bronkhorst stable takes his place in Race 6. He stayed on when sixth over 1160m on the Standside course last time.
He has won once and finished third once from as many starts over this distance.
The son of Var takes a drop in class and S’manga Khumalo is booked to ride.
He jumps from a good draw of four and if suited to this course, he can return to winning ways.
- Race 4 – #10 SILVER FLARE – 159 day break – given time off to mature
- Race 6 – #5 RUN FOR COVER – 152 day break – vaccinated for AHS
- Race 7 – #1 FAMOUS LADY – 256 day break – recovering from right fore fetlock surgery
| Weather | Partly Cloudy, 30% chance of Showers & Thunderstorms, 13-24 degs, 7-17 Kph southerly cross wind, sunset at 6:20pm | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall | Last 24 Hours: 3mm | Last 7 Days: 21.5mm | |
| Irrigation | Last 24 Hours: Nil | Last 7 Days: Nil | |
| Penetrometer Reading | 25 | ||
| Track Condition | Good to soft | ||
| False Rail | Zero on the back straight and bend with a 3m spur at the 500m mark | ||
- The Bipot starts in the first race at 12h35
- The Place Accumulator starts in the second race at 13h10
- The Pick 6 starts in the third race at 13h45
- The first Jackpot starts in the fourth race at 14h20
- The second Jackpot starts in the fifth race at 14h55
