Brendan Gaillard: The Irish-bred mare Sunshine Mint has sparkled under the care of trainer Alan Greeff and can pull off a hat-trick of wins and take Race 6, a FM 85 Handicap over 1200m, at Fairview on Friday.

Jack Milner: The second leg of the annual R50,000 Work Riders’ Challenge will take place at the Vaal on Thursday, which gives those people who work behind the scenes in racing a chance to show off their talents.

Ken Nicol: The hastily arranged Fairview polytrack meeting on Wednesday features a number of open contests.