Next Fairview Racemeeting Friday 8 May Mr 74 Handicap.
Fairview · Friday, 1 May · 17:35
· 5f 212y
· POLYTRACK
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:35
Off time
12
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
ALWAYS SHINING (SAF
🥈 Second
MUNCHKIN (SAF
🥉 Third
HONORINE'S GIMMIE (SAF
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 13 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.33
10/3
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
6
5/1
05 · —
7
6/1
06 · —
8.50
15/2
07 · —
11
10/1
08 · —
17
16/1
09 · —
21
20/1
10 · —
26
25/1
11 · —
29
28/1
12 · —
41
40/1
13 · —
41
40/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | 9 |
Ravilious (G)
FAV
[V]
4-time course winner. Four wins from 20 runs last year. 28/10, respectable 6¾ lengths fourth of 12 to Always Shining in handicap at this course (6.5f) 35 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.
|
Kyle Strydom | Jacques Strydom | 4 | 63.5 kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| 3rd | 2 | 4 |
Coastal Path (G)
[B]
C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap (25/2) at Fairview (7f, soft) 63 days ago.
|
R Fourie | Alan Greeff | 6 | 61.7 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| — | 3 | 8 |
El Romiachi (G)
[B]
7-time course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. Last of 8 in handicap (20/1) at this C&D 7 days ago. Difficult ask.
|
Wilmien Fourie | Zietsman Oosthuizen | 9 | 61.7 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 7th | 4 | 10 |
Always Shining (G)
Career best when winning 12-runner handicap (25/2) at this course (6.5f) 35 days ago. Enters calculations.
|
Yuzae Ramzan | Dean Smith | 4 | 60.8 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 5th | 5 | 5 |
Prince Florian (G)
Won 16-runner minor event (10/1) at this course (6.5f) 87 days ago. First run for yard after leaving D. G. Smith. Booking of Agrella a plus. Another bold show likely.
|
Wayne Agrella | T Laing | 4 | 59.4 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 10th | 6 | 12 |
Charlie Malone (G)
4-time course winner. First run since leaving G. D. Smith when creditable fourth of 8 in minor event (16/1) at this C&D. Off 119 days. Given a chance by the handicapper.
|
Stallone Naidoo | Dean Smith | 6 | 58.5 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 12th | 7 | 13 |
Whatever Next (G)
[B]
4-time course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2025. Bit below form eighth of 18 in minor event (25/1) at Fairview (6f, good) 21 days ago.
|
Kendall Minnie | Alan Greeff | 7 | 58.5 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 2nd | 8 | 2 |
Lucky Spirit (G)
C&D winner. Creditable 6¾ lengths fifth of 12 to Always Shining in handicap (16/1) at this course (6.5f) 35 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.
|
M Yeni | Kelly Mitchley | 4 | 58.1 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 4th | 9 | 11 |
Honorine's Gimmie (G)
[B]
First run since leaving D. Kannemeyer when blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 17-runner maiden (91/100) at Fairview (6f, soft) 63 days ago. Makes all weather debut. Makes handicap debut.
|
Craig Zackey | Dean Smith | 4 | 57.6 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 8th | 10 | 1 |
Notorix (G)
[B]
3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 8 lengths eighth of 12 to Always Shining in handicap at this course (6.5f, 6/1) 35 days ago. Not taken lightly.
|
Chad Little | Juan Nel | 7 | 57.2 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 6th | 11 | 7 |
Mio Destino (G)
[B]
Course winner. Winner here in December. Eighth of 11 in handicap (66/1) at Fairview (6f, soft) 56 days ago. Not taken lightly.
|
C Maujean | Sharon Kotzen | 3 | 55.8 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 9th | 12 | 6 |
Munchkin (G)
Twenty runs since last win in 2024. 6/1, eleventh of 17 in minor event at Fairview (6f, good) 49 days ago.
|
Bavish Soodoo | Dean Smith | 6 | 55.3 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 11th | 13 | 3 |
Chief Runner (G)
C&D winner. Seventeenth of 18 in minor event at Fairview (6f, good, 50/1) 21 days ago.
|
Jason Gates | Emmanuel Kaknis | 4 | 52.6 kg |
41
40/1
|
Betting forecast: Ravilious (10/3), Coastal Path (7/2), Always Shining (9/2), Honorine's Gimmie (5/1), Prince Florian (6/1), Munchkin (15/2), Lucky Spirit (10/1), Notorix (16/1), El Romiachi (20/1), Charlie Malone (25/1), Whatever Next (28/1), Mio Destino (40/1), Chief Runner (40/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 50463.0 ZAR |
| P2 | 16145.0 ZAR |
| P3 | 8085.0 ZAR |
| P4 | 4030.0 ZAR |
| P5 | 2027.0 ZAR |