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