Previous G1 Mercury Sprint Winners
Bull Valley
BULL VALLEY
Owner: Pcs (pty) Ltd & G L Blank, Z L Nassif & J Sarkis
Breeder: Dr Marianne Thomson
Pedigree: Toreador-Star Of Liberty
Bull Valley landed his second Grade 1 in seven weeks when overcoming an interrupted preparation to lead inside the final furlong and beat Search Party—friendless in the betting, drifting to 20-1 from 8-1—by a length in the 2017 Mercury Sprint. Prior to his Mercury Sprint win, Bull Valley had vanquished Search Party by a length and a half to land the G1 Tsogo Sun Sprint.
NATIONAL COLOUR
Owner: Chris Van Niekerk
Breeder: Adv Altus Joubert
Pedigree: National Assembly –Rainbow Cake
The brilliant grey National Colour ensured herself Equus Award honours when she ran out a one-and-a-half-length winner of the 2006 G1 Mercury Sprint, with world-class sprinter Tiza back in second spot.
National Colour, who would be crowned Joint Horse Of The Year 2005-2006 and Joint Equus Champion 3YO Filly of 2005-2006, was making it a hat trick of G1 wins, with the filly having won the G1 Computaform Sprint and G1 South African Fillies Sprint in her two starts prior to her Mercury Sprint win.