Final Field Mercury Sprint

i say take out Covenant from the mix..........cannot win over 1200m. The race is a match race between Magico and Splash Gold

Betting from

non runner no bet


Magico 5/2
Splash Gold 7/2
Covenant 5/1
Exclaim n Exclude 6/1
Never Forever 13/2
Captains Secert 12/1
August Rush 14/1
Gaultier 20/1
Rabattache 22/1
Rushing Wind 22/1
Bush Pirate 33/1
Copper Parade 50/1
Jinzo 66/1

Magico to pummel this lot imho

Darn.Ive been following August Rush throught the country,but,after further scrutiny, Captain Secret looks the right horse.

Exclaim n Exclude 6/1

Start to finish

Doyen Wrote:

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> Darn.Ive been following August Rush throught the
> country,but,after further scrutiny, Captain Secret
> looks the right horse.

LOL .... August Rush will win now...()

Doubt so Gregb.
Too much travelling.Had best chance on July day.
This is a strong field.

Doyen Wrote:

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> Doubt so Gregb.
> Too much travelling.Had best chance on July day.
> This is a strong field.

Better this 1200m, watch;)

Covenant all the way

The R550 000 Grade 1 Mercury Sprint at Clairwood on Saturday is set to provide a thrilling finish and most trainers believe their charges had a good chance of winning.



The three-year-old Dupont colt Magico, winner of six races, is seen more as a 1 000m specialist but trainer Paul Peter believes he will stay the 1 200m trip well.


Magico

“He is doing very well and his preparation has gone perfectly. I am very confident he will run a big race and will go very close.



“I am sure he will get the 1 200m trip. He will sit off the pace and will be doing his best work in the finish. The only time we tried him over 1 200m it was wet and the race had been postponed for a week and he might have just gone over.



“He is an easy horse to train and I have a good jockey in Felix Coetzee. The two dangers in the race are the filly Covenant and Splash Gold.”



Trainer Neil Bruss said his four-year-old Var gelding August Rush was doing well but he was in two minds whether the horse was “in that league”.


August Rush

“He is only a four-time winner and has not won a race for a year but being a weight-for-age race will help him.



“He’s as well as he can be and if he can repeat his run in the Golden Horse Casino Sprint where he ran less than a length to Shea Shea, then he will have a chance.”



The gelding beat Splash Gold in an MR100 race in the Cape in February and Bruss said he believed his gelding was better than Splash Gold.



There are three or four runners that could win the Mercury Sprint and the Australian import Exclaim’N’Exclude is one of them according to his trainer Charles Laird. The four-year-old has won six of his 16 starts with seven other places and he has been prepared for this race.


Exclaim n Exclude

“We skipped the Golden Horse Casino Sprint with him because he had a big weight. He picked up six pounds going into that race so we decided to pass it by and take our chances in the Mercury Sprint.



“He is very fit and working well but it is a competitive field. There are three or four that could win it and he is one of them.”