Fairview host another Polytrack meeting on Friday and there are some competitive races which includes Race 6, a MR 74 Handicap over 1200m and we should get a decent run out of Coastal Path.
Trainer Alan Greeff and jockey Ricard Fourie are a lethal combination and this Global View gelding has been at his very best on the turf but he has been consistent on the Polytrack and is well suited to this 1200m.
A wide draw will not make it easy for Coastal Path but he can quicken nicely and should get involved with the finish.
One needs bankers for all the exotic bets like the Pick 6 and BiPot and mare And We Danced should get us through in Race 3, a Conditions Plate for fillies and mares over 1600m which is the opening leg of the Pick 6.
Trainer Sharon Kotzen has done a tremendous job with the five-year-old and her eight wins have come in very quick fashion.
Only two of them have been on the Polytrack but her recent defeats against the boys were full of merit.
And We Danced had a tough draw to deal with when third and a long-head behind Narcos over 1400m in September and she followed that with a good fifth-place finish behind Gallic Tribe.
She has none of that quality of opposition this time and regular rider Louis Mxothwa is again aboard her.
I cannot recall seeing trainer Gareth van Zyl having a runner at Fairview so it is noteworthy to see his sprinter, Iron Bark, represents him in Race 7, the Glendore Sprint (Non-Black Type) over 1000m.
The five-year-old gelding is unbeaten in four starts this year and has won his last five on the Polytrack.
Blinkers made a huge difference to Iron Bark and he is clearly the one to beat and another possible Pick 6 banker.
Another visiting trainer who could have a winner is Glen Kotzen as his runner, Red William, who runs in Race 4, a MR 82 Handicap over 1600m, has taken a liking to this centre and has been particularly good on the Polytrack.
Red William was a wide-margin winner when trying the Polytrack in September and was only run out of it very late by a decent horse in Peace In Our World in his next start.
He ran well above his rating there and proved it when scoring comfortably on the turf last time out. The handicapper has given Red William seven points for that win and he will have a difficult No 13 draw to overcome but he is capable of following up against a lot of in-form rivals
Clive Robinson
