14:45 Fairview

Friday 7 August 2026

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Racing Today Mr 82 Handicap

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 1m 9.17s

(2)

Forest Spy⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Girish Dookhit⁽⁶⁾| T: Dean Smith| CD

8/1

5-time course winner. 14/1, eighth of 9 in minor event at Fairview (6f) 56 days ago. Booking of Dookhit a plus. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 802318-

(6)

Stars In Heaven³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Marco V'Rensburg| T: Cliffie Miller| D

3/1

Sixth of 9 in handicap (5/1) at Fairview (6f) 35 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 684/526-

(9)

Champonelle^b³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: C Maujean| T: Cliffie Miller| D

13/2

8/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Fairview (6f) 35 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 4/25627-

(4)

Stokesy⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Calvin Habib| T: Dean Smith

7/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (7/2) at Fairview (7f) 42 days ago.

Form: 415741-

(8)

Coastal Path^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrew Fortune| T: Alan Greeff| CD

10/3

3-time C&D winner. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Fairview (6f, 25/2) 28 days ago.

Form: 5/72631-

(5)

Overture¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Agrella| T: T Laing| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Good fifth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at Fairview (6f) 14 days ago.

Form: 1465-

(10)

Surge Of Power⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Bongani Makhubo⁽⁹⁾| T: Jacques Strydom| D

33/1

11/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving G. W. Ennion when last of 9 in handicap at Fairview (5f) 49 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 7570/09-

(1)

Aquarius^b⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: M Yeni| T: Kelly Mitchley

17/2

10/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Vaal (7.2f, good) 43 days ago. First run for yard after leaving J. J. Van Vuuren.

Form: 1/38344-

(7)

Masked Vigilante²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Malesela Katjedi| T: Alan Greeff| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2025. 5¾ lengths eighth of 9 to Coastal Path in handicap at Fairview (6f, 25/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 465438-

Non-Runners

(3)

Astronomical Boy¹⁵⁶

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: Dean Smith J: Chad Little

Forecasts

Stars In Heaven (3/1), Coastal Path (10/3), Astronomical Boy (4/1), Overture (9/2), Champonelle (13/2), Stokesy (7/1), Forest Spy (8/1), Aquarius (17/2), Masked Vigilante (17/2), Surge Of Power (33/1)

STARS IN HEAVEN could be worth chancing. Aquarius is the pick for second, while Coastal Path deserves some consideration as well.