Jack Milner: Trainer Gavin Smith looks set for another decent day at Fairview on Friday and Cairon looks the best of his runners.
Cairon, who contests Race 5, a MR 76 Handicap over 1800m, has been quite phenomenal since moving to the Eastern Cape and is seeking a hat-trick of wins.
Cairon only won by 0.50 lengths over 1600m in his penultimate start but was doing his best work at the finish.
He showed further improvement thereafter as he was an impressive winner over 1800m in his next start. Although he has accumulated eight points in penalties for those two wins, that may not be enough to stop him against mainly battling rivals.
Smith also has some promising three-year-olds in Race 2 in the form of Safari Blue and Peace In Our World. They do, however, come up against Herodotus, so this should be a good yardstick to measure their ability.
Perhaps Smith will be looking beyond Friday’s encounter as he sizes up his three-year-olds with an eye on feature races later this season.
Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 1 Flower’s Ridge, 3 Arctic Advance, 2 Wind Sock, 5 Arkaan
Race 2: 4 Peace In Our World, 1 Herodotus, 5 Safari Blue, 7 En Garde
Race 3: 3 Nussply, 4 Grace From Above, 8 Red Rules, 9 Queen Louise
Race 4: 8 Kings Fort, 3 Bhakka, 2 Assured, 5 Bush Fever
Race 5: 2 Cairon, 3 Van Gogh, 6 Homer Fidget, 7 Swanking
Race 6: 4 Find Me Unafraid, 3 Rattle Mouse, 5 Nippy Sweetie, 6 American Landing
Race 7: 13 Sound Check, 3 Forest Field, 2 Bad Habit, 4 Kiss Of Life
Race 8: 7 Sweet The Sound, 8 Subterfuge, 1 Afternoon Tea, 4 Vic Falls
Race 9: 1 Bezos, 4 Mousey On Over, 5 Life On Mars, 9 Marsh Marigold
BEST BET
Race 5 No 2 Cairon
VALUE BET
Race 4 No 8 Kings Fort
BEST SWINGER
Race 2 1×4
BIPOT
R216
Leg 1: 1, 4
Leg 2: 3, 4, 8
Leg 3: 2, 3, 5, 8
Leg 4: 2
Leg 5: 3, 4, 5