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Knight to strike in Sophomore

Written by Jack Milner | Jan 18, 2024 7:09:42 PM

Jack Milner

When it comes to searching for a good bet at Fairview the team of Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie is the go-to combination these days.

Of course, it one is looking for a runner at a big price, one will need to look elsewhere but Friday in the Eastern Cape that successful combination can once again provide the banker on the card.

The feature event comes up in Race 6, the Sophomore Plate for three-year-olds over 1400m on the turf, and Greeff sends out Fairy Knight and Legal Thriller but with Fourie aboard Fairy Knight, the son of Global View does look the stable elect.

He also appears to be a very decent horse as he has raced nine times for three wins, four seconds and a third and Fourie has been in the irons for every one of his races.

He is also one of those runners who is equally happy on turf and the Polytrack as he has won on both surfaces.

As far as his form on turf is concerned, he has one win and three seconds in his four starts.

Interestingly, following his last start, which resulted in a fluent two-length victory in the Guineas Plate over 1600m on the Polytrack, the decision was taken to geld him.

Hopefully he will have improved for the operation, and we will see an even better version of Fairy Knight on the track this time.

Fairy Knight holds both The Winter Lake and Waz Wouter on recent meetings. He finished 4.75 lengths clear of The Winter Lake when they both were beaten by Zoomie, while in the Guineas Plate Fairy Knight defeated Waz Wouter by 4.25.

Both The Winter Lake and Waz Wouter have won since then and were impressive in those wins, but the form of Fairy Knight should be too strong.

 

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 2 Raptor Island, 1 King Of Queen, 5 Connection, 6 Midnight Advocator

Race 2: 1 Bumps Last Grind, 9 Eat Prey Love, 7 Ravilious, 4 Gorgeous Klein

Race 3: 6 Bytheliteofthemoon, 5 Elusive Mata, 1 Sea Of Tears, 4 As Fate Has It

Race 4: 6 Storm Commander, 1 Final Edition, 4 Hawk Circle, 2 Africa's Rock

Race 5: 6 Paris Lass, 1 Golden Pacific, 10 Esther, 3 Civil Rights

Race 6: 1 Fairy Knight, 5 Sail The Sky, 2 The Winter Lake, 3 Waz Wouter

Race 7: 11 My Boy Reecey, 4 Official Secret, 2 Jaspero, 6 Magical Midlands

Race 8: 2 Charlie Malone, 8 Watch Tower, 5 Elusive Justice, 6 Fujisan

 

BEST BET

Race 6: 1 Fairy Knight

VALUE BET

Race 7: 11 My Boy Reecey

BEST SWINGER

Race 6 1x5

 

BIPOT

R243

Leg 1: 1, 2, 5

Leg 2: 1, 7, 9

Leg 3: 1, 5, 6

Leg 4: 1, 4, 6

Leg 5: 1, 6, 10

Leg 6: 1

 

PLACE ACCUMULATOR

R216

Leg 1: 1, 9

Leg 2: 5, 6

Leg 3: 1, 4, 6

Leg 4: 1, 6, 10

Leg 5: 1

Leg 6: 2, 4, 11

Leg 7: 2, 8

 

PICK 6

R1600

Leg 1: 1, 4, 5, 6

Leg 2: 1, 2, 4, 6

Leg 3: 1, 3, 6, 9, 10

Leg 4: 1

Leg 5: 2, 4, 6, 11

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

 

JACKPOT 1

R80

Leg 1: 1, 2, 4, 6

Leg 2: 1, 3, 6, 9, 10

Leg 3: 1

Leg 4: 2, 4, 6, 11

 

JACKPOT 2

R100

Leg 1: 1, 3, 6, 9, 10

Leg 2: 1

Leg 3: 2, 4, 6, 11

Leg 4: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8