Fairy Knight to have the speed at fairview

Jack Milner

Trainer Alan Greeff will saddles two of the eight runner in Friday’s Non-Black Type Speedster Stakes over 1000m.

Spearheading his duo is class act Fairy Knight. This Global View gelding has won half of his 20 starts and finished runner-up five times. The five-year-old looked just in need of his latest outing when finishing second behind stable companion Mercantour over 1200m on the Polytrack.

Fairy Knight has a powerful finish once he hits his stride, and he was unlucky not to score that day.

It is a brave choice by Greeff to target this race, given that most of Fairy Knight’s wins have come over further. Notably, the only time he ran over 1000m which was quite early in his career, he finished third.

However, Richard Fourie has opted to ride him and that speaks volumes.

Stablemate Cliff Top is very speedy and broke a long losing run when scoring in May over this same course and distance. Allowed a soft lead that day, he never looked like being caught, and his connections will be hoping for more of the same.

If he can get them to fly early, it could also set the race up for Fairy Knight. Kendall Minnie has picked up this ride.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 7 Lotus Silk, 5 Iced Marmalade, 9 Mediterraneanflame, 1 Darlingbudsofmay

Race 2: 7 Shori Kai, 4 Bright Eruption, 1 Pick A Pomodoro, 3 Grey Warrior

Race 3: 1 Bomber Bay, 6 Keenia's Princess, 7 Golden Croc, 5 Aethelwulf

Race 4: 9 Beer With The Boys, 2 Brigham, 5 Flower Festival, 8 Rototo

Race 5: 7 Danish Dynamite, 1 Hoerikwaggo, 2 Smashing, 5 Strata

Race 6: 1 Fairy Knight, 3 Anuschka's World, 2 Cliff Top, 8 Song Of Myself

Race 7: 9 Silent Trigger, 8 Potent Captain, 5 Prince Antonio, 2 Above The Horizon, Mr Belvedere

Race 8: 2 Makhachev, 3 Heart Stealer, 1 Painite, 8 George Handel

BEST BET

Race 3: 1 Bomber Bay

VALUE BET

Race 8: 2 Makhachev

BEST SWINGER

Race 6 1x3

BIPOT                          

R72

Leg 1: 5, 7

Leg 2: 4, 7

Leg 3: 1

Leg 4: 2, 6, 9

Leg 5: 1, 2, 7

Leg 6: 1, 3

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 4, 7

Leg 2: 1

Leg 3: 2, 6, 9

Leg 4: 1, 7

Leg 5: 1, 3

Leg 6: 5, 8, 9

Leg 7: 1, 2, 3

PICK 6

R800

Leg 1: 1

Leg 2: 2, 5, 6, 9

Leg 3: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7

Leg 4: 1, 3

Leg 5: 4, 5, 8, 9

Leg 6: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8

JACKPOT 1

R90

Leg 1: 2, 5, 6, 9

Leg 2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7

Leg 3: 1, 3

Leg 4: 4, 5, 8, 9

JACKPOT 2

R150

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7

Leg 2: 1, 3

Leg 3: 4, 5, 8, 9

Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8