RACE BY RACE PREVIEWS: TURFFONTEIN STANDSIDE@2024.12.03
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 1, Gallops, 1000m, Turf, R105.000, 12:00GMT+2
Race Summary: BILINGUAL wouldn’t be winning out of turn. She has the form and experience to play a leading role in the outcome. PANTHERA UNCIA and RADIANT HEAT have a bit to find but their experience will stand them in good stead. THUNDERBIRD, CYBER SPIRIT and SKY ON FIRE have room for improvement, so they could get into the picture too. Newcomer JET QUERARI needn’t be special to feature prominently. Watch the betting for clues!
Selections:
#10 Bilingual, #6 Jet Querari, #9 Cyber Spirit, #7 Panthera Uncia
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 2, Gallops, 1000m, Turf, R105.000, 12:35GMT+2
Race Summary: Improving WINTER IN PARIS finished ahead of SHESAROCKET and CHILLI MARMALADE over this distance last time and with further progress should confirm her superiority. Well-bred fillies GREGARIOUS, GIMME A GREEN CARD and returning LILAC SNOW are unexposed and likely to improve on their reappearances so they shouldn’t be underestimated. Newcomers CAPE SAFFRON and PANNING SILVER are attractively bred and worth a market check on debut. Follow the betting moves.
Selections:
#3 Winter In Paris, #1 Take Your Place, #11 Gregarious, #8 Cape Saffron
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 3, Gallops, 2000m, Turf, R150.000, 13:10GMT+2
Race Summary: BIRTHRIGHT edged MOUNT DARWIN in a similar contest on this track over 1800m last month and should again have the measure of that rival on 2.5kg better terms. DOUGLAS DRAGON is 3kg worse off with the selection on the form of their 1800m Inside track meeting on 22 October. VESUVIO isn’t taken lightly but has fitness concerns on his return from a 124-day absence. SUPREME DANCE should have more to offer after a pleasing comeback outing so could pose more of a threat.
Selections:
#4 Birthright, #1 Mount Darwin, #3 Supreme Dance, #2 Vesuvio
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 4, Gallops, 2000m, Turf, R120.000, 13:45GMT+2
Race Summary: Progressive ROMAN’S REVENGE carries a 5-point penalty after a winning handicap debut but this trip should unlock improvement. PANNING GOLD attracted betting support when finishing 3rd in a recent course-and-distance handicap at a higher level and a resultant one-point rise shouldn’t prevent another forward showing. Consistent CELTIC RUSH is held on that form but he should be competitive with Gavin Lerena back aboard. STORMY WINTER, ONLY A POET and FULL GO can get into the picture if building on the improvement of their last starts. Frontrunner FLAG BEARER isn’t taken lightly under a 4kg claimer.
Selections:
#2 Roman’s Revenge, #6 Panning Gold, #3 Celtic Rush, #10 Flag Bearer
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 5, Gallops, 1600m, Turf, R130.000, 14:20GMT+2
Race Summary: Highly rated HEATHER’S BOY is a rising star whose progress it should pay to follow. He gave weight and a beating to a subsequent winner over this course and distance last time, so he is good value to keep his 100% record intact. GUY GIBSON and WE ARE THE LOGANS have the form and experience to give cheek but are vulnerable to their younger less-exposed rival. Recently gelded TRUTH, consistent TOWERS OF GOLD and best-weighted CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL complete the shortlist.
Selections:
#3 Heather’s Boy, #1 Guy Gibson, #4 Truth, #2 We Are The Logans
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 6, Gallops, 1400m, Turf, R110.000, 14:55GMT+2
Race Summary: WOLF MOUNTAIN was touched off in a course-and-distance Grade 3 last month and need only repeat that performance to resume winning ways under a 4-point penalty. DARING DASH has had legitimate excuses for disappointing recent performances but shouldn’t be written off just yet. GREY JET is open to any amount of improvement after a winning debut and on pedigree, this extended trip should be more to his liking. Last-start winners BUSSTOPINHOUNSLOW, ROBERT BROWNING and SOLAR SAIL get weight from those rivals so they aren’t without chances either.
Selections:
#2 Wolf Mountain, #3 Grey Jet, #5 Busstopinhounslow, #6 Robert Browning
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 7, Gallops, 1400m, Turf, R135.000, 15:30GMT+2
Race Summary: Lightly raced CEUTA carries a 4-point penalty for her 1600m last-start victory over ALABAMA ANNA. She remains open to improvement on her reappearance but is 3kg worse off with the latter who could represent the value in the race. Hard-knockers DUENNA and BLUE HORIZON are closely matched. Both have the form and experience to be competitive. QUEEN OF LOVE contested a course-and-distance 3yo Grade 3 last time and should have more to offer at this level under just 52kg. THAT’S MY BABY also has earning potential off a reduced mark.
Selections:
#7 Alabama Anna, #4 Ceuta, #5 Blue Horizon, #1 Duenna
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 8, Gallops, 1400m, Turf, R105.000, 16:05GMT+2
Race Summary: TRIED AND TRUE has thrived on the Highveld but a hefty 7-point penalty for winning over 1600m on this track recently complicates her bid for a hat-trick. BOOM BOOM and FUTURE DATE are consistent fillies with solid form credentials, as is PALACE DANCER who is an attractive betting proposition off a reduced mark. She finished 4th in a stronger course-and-distance handicap recently. SOUTHERN STYLE, GREAT BARRIER and TIME FOR CHARITY complete the shortlist.
Selections:
#6 Palace Dancer, #3 Tried And True, #5 Future Date, #4 Boom Boom
Turffontein Standside, 03.12.2024, Race 9, Gallops, 1160m, Turf, R125.000, 16:40GMT+2
Race Summary: PENNSYLVANIA showed his rivals a clean pair of heels when opening his account over 1200m and this shorter trip should hold no fears for the promising 3yo colt on his handicap debut. Stable companion SEA WOLF fits a similar profile. He has improved since he was gelded and could fight out the finish in receipt of 1kg. Consistent SECRET CHORD, unexposed BAY EMPIRE (recently gelded) and THE NAVY LARK have the means to get involved, though a bigger threat will likely come from hard-knocking WHAT A TIGER who has forged a potent partnership with Piere Strydom.
Selections:
#3 Pennsylvania, #4 Sea Wolf, #1 What A Tiger, #8 Secret Chord
Best Win: #3 HEATHER’S BOY
Best Value Bet: #7 ALABAMA ANNA
Best Longshot: #7 ALABAMA ANNA
