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Mercury Eight
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Trained by W A Bogarts at Hope Forest, Mercury Eight is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Danerich, out of the dam Island Beach.

He has won a total of 3 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $63k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Balaklava on October 2nd in 2024 when he won $12,500 in the Adelaide Galvanising Industries Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 1,050 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-820.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$63k
Starts
17
Wins
3
Second
2
Third
2
Win %
18
Place %
41
Profit
-8.2
Conditions
Good
10
3-1-1
$5k
Soft
5
0-1-1
$2k
Heavy
2
0-0-0
$1k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1075m
1
0-1-0
-1
1050m
8
3-0-1
+0.8
1000m
2
0-1-1
-2
1100m
3
0-0-0
-3
1200m
3
0-0-0
-3
Race Track
Penola
1
0-1-0
-1
Morphettville
3
0-0-0
-3
Morphettville Parks
1
0-0-1
-1
Balaklava
6
3-0-1
+2.8
Murray Bridge Gh
5
0-1-0
-5
Gawler
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
SA
17
3-2-2
-8.2

Race History

Jan-16 26
2/8
0.2
$4.2
Penola
4
1075
Riddoch Coonawarra (Bm66)
$3k
$20k
S Metcalfe
56½
63.84
-
1
1,1
-1
Dec-27 25
7/10
4.9
$8
Morphettville
4
1050
Thomas Farms (Bm64)
$1k
$50k
J Holder
58
60.63
33.67
3
3,3
-4
Dec-6 25
3/9
1.7
$6
Morphettville Parks
4
1000
Skycity (Bm68)
$5k
$55k
J Opperman
56
58.33
34.89
1
1,2
-1
Nov-12 25
1/10
3.8
$2.5
Balaklava
3
1050
Taylors Wines (Bm56)
$13k
$25k
J Opperman
60
60.08
33.54
1
1,1
Oct-29 25
7/8
2.3
$4.2
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1100
Thomas Farms Hcp (C2)
$1k
$25k
T Pannell
57½
65.43
34.90
3
3,3
-4
Oct-11 25
5/10
2.1
$26
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1100
Gifford Hill Estate (Bm64)
$2k
$50k
S Metcalfe
57
64.90
34.34
2
2,2
-3
Sep-24 25
1/11
1.8
$3.6
Balaklava
4
1050
TQCSI Hcp (56)
$13k
$25k
S Metcalfe
59
60.71
34.26
2
2,2
+1
Sep-10 25
3/12
1.5
$3.7
Balaklava
7
1050
BMD Hcp (56)
$2k
$25k
S Metcalfe
59
62.41
35.59
4
4,4
+1
Jul-26 25
11/13
10.2
$26
Morphettville
10
1200
Fleurieu Milk Company Hcp (C2)
$0k
$55k
S Metcalfe
56
76.78
39.24
3
0,3,5
-6
Jul-16 25
5/10
3.4
$8
Gawler
8
1200
Kingsford Hotel Hcp (C1)
$1k
$25k
T Pannell
59½
75.94
38.03
6
6,5
Jul-9 25
6/13
1.2
$8.5
Balaklava
7
1050
Austin S Condon Memorial (Bm56)
$1k
$25k
S Metcalfe
60½
62.46
35.92
5
5,2
-4
Spell of 263 Days
Oct-19 24
6/15
2.3
$8
Morphettville
4
1050
Canadian Club Hcp (C1)
$1k
$50k
A Lai
55
60.71
34.25
1
1,1
-5
Oct-2 24
1/12
2.8
$2.7
Balaklava
3
1050
Adelaide Galvanising Industries Mdn Plate
$13k
$25k
A Lai
55
58.82
33.08
1
1,1
Sep-18 24
5/14
4.8
$9
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1200
Thomas Farms Mdn Plate
$1k
$25k
A Lai
55
73.89
36.76
1
1,1
-4
Aug-21 24
4/14
5.0
$2.9
Balaklava
6
1050
4yo+ Mdn Plate
$2k
$25k
A Lai
55
60.45
33.88
1
1,1
-3
Aug-3 24
9/13
6.7
$6.5
Murray Bridge Gh
5
1100
Dutton's Easy To Do Business With!! Mdn Plate
$1k
$50k
J Toeroek
58
64.43
34.91
3
3,8
-1
Jul-24 24
2/14
1.3
$101
Murray Bridge Gh
5
1000
Carlton Draught Mdn Plate
$4k
$25k
A Lai
54½
57.99
33.46
2
2,1
-1