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Mercurial
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Trained by S B Marsh at Cambridge, Mercurial is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Burgundy, out of the dam Roxette.

He has won a total of 6 races from 39 starts for a win percentage of 15%. His career earnings are $589k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Trentham on January 13th in 2024 when he won $230,262 in the Telegraph Stakes (a weight for age race over 1,200 metres).

Mercurial is a top level performer, having started 12 times at group race level, with 1 win, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $150.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $30k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$589k
Starts
39
Wins
6
Second
4
Third
9
Win %
15
Place %
49
Profit
+1.5
Conditions
Good
14
5-2-2
$30k
Soft
16
0-2-3
$8k
Heavy
8
0-0-4
$2k
Race Standard
All
12
1-1-3
Group 1
5
1-0-1
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
5
0-1-2
Race Distance
1300m
4
1-0-0
+1.8
1400m
10
2-2-2
-3.8
1200m
21
2-2-7
+3.8
1215m
1
0-0-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
970m
1
1-0-0
+2.7
1100m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ellerslie
4
0-0-1
-4
Ruakaka
1
0-0-0
-1
Te Rapa
15
1-1-2
-10.7
Trentham
5
2-0-0
+15.2
Arawa Park
2
0-0-1
-2
Pukekohe Park
5
1-2-2
+1.5
Tauranga
3
0-1-1
-3
Hastings
2
1-0-1
+3.8
Cambridge
1
1-0-0
+2.7
Matamata
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
NZ
28
4-3-7
-7.7
11
2-1-2
+9.2

Race History

Nov-29 25
5/9
2.0
$21.4
Ellerslie
5
1300
NHR Group Hcp
$2k
$65k
S McNab
57
78.73
-
3
3,4
-1
Spell of 140 Days
Jul-12 25
6/8
8.1
$7.6
Ruakaka
8
1400
Northpine Waipu Cup
$1k
$40k
J Taplin
56½
85.43
-
3
3,5
-1
Jun-14 25
5/6
6.9
$15.4
Te Rapa
10
1200
Bayleys Country Sprint
$1k
$40k
J Taplin
57½
75.85
-
4
4,4
-1
Spell of 126 Days
Feb-8 25
10/12
12.6
$101.6
Te Rapa
4
1400
BCD Group Sprint  
$8k
$500k
R Hutchings
59
81.84
-
4
4
-6
Jan-25 25
10/11
3.8
$62.4
Ellerslie
5
1200
Sistema Railway  
$11k
$700k
R Hutchings
58
70.22
-
7
7
-3
Jan-4 25
7/10
6.2
$15.9
Trentham
7
1200
TAB Telegraph  
$8k
$550k
S Spratt
58½
67.71
-
10
10
+3
Dec-14 24
2/16
0.2
$15.4
Te Rapa
4
1400
J Swap Sprint  
$22k
$120k
O Bosson
59
81.90
-
Nov-30 24
5/9
3.4
$7.4
Ellerslie
5
1300
NHR Group Hcp
$2k
$65k
R Goyaram
58
77.02
-
2
2
-3
Nov-9 24
5/11
3.0
$11.2
Te Rapa
4
1200
Legacy Lodge Sprint 
$3k
$100k
T Newman
59
69.55
-
3
3,4
-1
Oct-13 24
4/9
4.3
$11.5
Arawa Park
6
1215
Sweynesse Stakes 
$5k
$100k
S Spratt
59
71.54
-
3
3,1
-3
Spell of 211 Days
Mar-16 24
4/13
1.9
$6.3
Trentham
7
1200
Lincoln Farm Lightning
$5k
$90k
S Spratt
59
68.57
-
3
3,4
Mar-2 24
3/6
1.6
$5.8
Ellerslie
4
1200
Haunui Farm King's Plate  
$14k
$150k
J Doyle
58
69.63
-
3
3
Jan-13 24
1/11
0.1
$18.3
Trentham
3
1200
Telegraph Stakes 
$259k
$450k
S Spratt
58½
68.51
-
1
1
Jan-1 24
3/9
2.1
$31.9
Pukekohe Park
6
1200
Sistema Railway 
$41k
$450k
S Spratt
55
69.76
-
2
2,2
-1
Dec-26 23
2/7
0.3
$3.7
Pukekohe Park
5
1200
ATR Newmarket Hcp
$17k
$90k
O Bosson
56
69.46
-
5
4
+2
Dec-9 23
1/6
0.2
$6.5
Pukekohe Park
4
1200
Happy Milestone Birthday David Ellis Hcp
$37k
$65k
C Grylls
58
69.48
-
1
1
Nov-18 23
7/9
9.0
$3.6
Tauranga
9
1400
Booth's Logistics Hcp
$1k
$50k
S Spratt
58½
89.42
-
3
3,4
-3
Nov-4 23
2/10
0.2
$2.6
Tauranga
7
1400
Flying Mullet Sports Bar Hcp
$9k
$50k
S Spratt
54
85.80
-
1
3,5
+3
Oct-14 23
3/14
2.9
$20.7
Hastings
4
1400
Valley D'Vine Restaurant Spring Sprint 
$11k
$120k
S Spratt
53
81.95
-
4
4,4
+1
Sep-17 23
5/12
3.3
$28.3
Te Rapa
5
1200
PS Brown Construction Sprint
$1k
$50k
C Barnes
55
70.59
-
2
2,2
-3
Spell of 120 Days
May-20 23
5/10
2.4
$9.4
Te Rapa
10
1300
Dunstan Horsefeeds Hcp
$1k
$35k
A Goindasamy
54½
84.09
-
5
4
-1
May-6 23
3/9
0.4
$8.9
Te Rapa
8
1200
Shaw's Wire Ropes Sprint
$3k
$35k
C Grylls
54½
73.16
-
7
4
+1
Apr-22 23
3/6
10.1
$4.3
Pukekohe Park
10
1200
The Westbury Club Hcp (82)
$3k
$35k
C Lindsay
55½
75.00
-
3
3,3
Mar-4 23
5/15
3.4
$1.8
Te Rapa
4
1500
Alpha First Mortgage Inv. Handicap
$2k
$75k
T Mitchell
53
88.66
-
4
4,5
Feb-11 23
1/10
2.0
$4.3
Te Rapa
3
1400
Devan Plastics (Bm75)
$29k
$50k
T Mitchell
58½
82.57
-
1
1,1
Jan-14 23
1/13
0.5
$1.9
Trentham
4
1400
Vernon&Vazey Truck Parts-Bm75
$29k
$50k
O Bosson
58
82.10
34.27
2
2,4
+3
Dec-26 22
2/14
1.0
$4.3
Pukekohe Park
3
1200
Auckland Co-Op Taxis (Bm75)
$13k
$70k
W Pinn
57
68.30
32.75
1
6,6
+4
Dec-10 22
3/14
0.5
$17.3
Te Rapa
8
1200
Brokerweb Risk Services-Bm75
$5k
$50k
W Pinn
56½
70.33
35.08
13
11,11
+8
Spell of 210 Days
May-14 22
3/7
2.6
$5.3
Arawa Park
5
1400
Vandyks Furnishings 3yo
$3k
$30k
W Pinn
57½
83.59
35.64
3
0,2,2
-1
Apr-30 22
12/14
6.3
$45.8
Te Rapa
3
1200
Cambridge Breeders Sakes 
$0k
$80k
W Pinn
57
70.23
34.22
4
0,5,5
-7
Apr-16 22
6/10
3.2
$11.1
Te Rapa
3
1200
Join Team Te Akau 3yo
$0k
$30k
J Chung
55½
70.59
35.37
7
0,7,6
Mar-26 22
3/6
4.9
$4.5
Tauranga
10
1200
J Swap Contractors (Bm74)
$3k
$30k
M Mc Nab
57½
74.56
37.18
5
0,5,5
+2
Mar-12 22
4/5
2.0
$4.4
Trentham
5
1200
Harrisons Carpets 3yo
$2k
$30k
J Parkes
58½
68.16
-
5
0,5,5
+1
Spell of 138 Days
Oct-25 21
4/11
4.2
$13.4
Te Rapa
5
1400
James & Annie Sarten Memorial 
$6k
$110k
T Yanagida
56½
83.63
35.19
4
0,4,7
+3
Oct-16 21
1/7
0.1
$5.8
Hastings
3
1300
Nzb Ready To Run Sale 3yo
$29k
$50k
E Leighton
54½
77.46
-
2
0,1,3
+2
Oct-1 21
4/11
1.9
$10.8
Te Rapa
7
1200
Nzb Ready To Run Sale 11/12
$2k
$30k
W Pinn
55½
73.64
35.53
8
0,5,5
+1
Sep-15 21
1/8
0.8
$3.7
Cambridge
0
970
Riding For The Disabled Maiden
$7k
$12k
W Pinn
56½
54.69
-
4
0,4,3
+2
Spell of 151 Days
Apr-17 21
7/10
3.9
$21.6
Te Rapa
8
1100
Equine Vet. Ctre Stakes Prelude
$0k
$23k
S Collett
56
66.16
35.90
6
0,7,6
-1
Mar-17 21
3/12
6.5
$10.1
Matamata
4
1200
Tokoroa Club (Inc) Maiden
$1k
$10k
W Pinn
55½
71.84
35.25
3
0,3,6
+3