Quartet of talented sprinters in action at the Vaal
Pinnacle Peak, Mardi Gras, Exquisite Touch and All At Once all have a chance in the ninth race
Racing fans can be forgiven for thinking that a sprint feature race has been added to the 10-race programme at the Vaal on Thursday. The field for the ninth race only carries a winner’s purse of R85,000, but it has attracted four talented speed merchants in Pinnacle Peak, Mardi Gras, Exquisite Touch and the promising three year-old filly, All At Once. As this 1,200m event is a Pinnacle Stakes, it should favour the horse with the highest merit-rating, which is Pinnacle Peak whose figure is 115. However, All At Once’s rating is 100 so — in receipt of 8.5kg — trainer Lucky Houdalakis’s filly is a kilogram well in and should go well in the hands of Karl Zechner. Pinnacle Peak’s four wins have earned his owner John Finlayson just shy of R800,000 in prize money and the Querari gelding should add to that total on Thursday. There was lots to like about the four-year-old’s win at Turffontein in January. Mardi Gras, who beat All At Once in November, has won two of his past three starts and wi...
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