{"id":21081,"date":"2013-07-11T23:40:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/contador-may-have-a-chance-for-mercury-sprint\/"},"modified":"2013-07-11T23:40:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T21:40:31","slug":"contador-may-have-a-chance-for-mercury-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/contador-may-have-a-chance-for-mercury-sprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Contador may have a chance for Mercury Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/astro-news-more-of-a-contender-for-durban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Laird<\/a>\u00a0is not exceptionally excited about what chances Contador has to win in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/bass-has-mixed-emotions-ahead-of-mercury-sprint\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grade 1 Mercury Sprint<\/a>\u00a0over 1 200 m at Clairwood on Saturday, but he did give him a place shout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=8690\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8690 \" alt=\"Supreme! Contador (Piere Strydom) is back to his best as he wins the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint. Photo: Sporting Post\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/bcc2c_Contador-wins-Golden-Horse-Sprint.jpg\" width=\"382\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supreme! Contador (Piere Strydom) is back to his best as he wins the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint. Photo: Sporting Post<\/p>\n<p>The form of the three-year-old Var gelding\u2019s Grade 1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint over 1200m at Scottsville in May has worked out quite well with third-placed Merhee going on to win the Grade 2 Post Merchants and fourth-placed Desert Shiek winning his next two starts.<\/p>\n<p>However, Laird said, \u201cThose were in lower division races and weight for age Grade 1s are a different story.<\/p>\n<p>We are all racing for second (behind <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/what-a-winter-in-action-at-clairwood\/\" target=\"_blank\">What A Winter<\/a>) and it is even competitive for second place with four or five horses having a chance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hard race, but he is doing very well. He is also drawn well. He\u2019s next to What A Winter so could at least get a tow from him. I think he has a place chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/what-a-winter-in-action-at-clairwood\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/bcc2c_184195677_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/what-a-winter-in-action-at-clairwood\/\" target=\"_blank\">What A Winter in action at Clairwood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/bcc2c_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Laird\u00a0is not exceptionally excited about what chances Contador has to win in the\u00a0Grade 1 Mercury Sprint\u00a0over 1 200 m at Clairwood on Saturday, but he did give him a place shout. Supreme! Contador (Piere Strydom) is back to his best as he wins the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint. 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