Strydom picks up the ride on Tarry’s charge.
Thunderstruck, pictured winning the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint, will be in action in Race 9 at Turffontein tomorrow, a Pinnacle Stakes over 1000m. Picture: JC Photographics
His first Grade 1 triumph came at Hollywoodbets Scottsville in 2022 when, as a two-year-old, he captured the Gold Medallion over 1200m. Last year the Rafeef colt returned to the Maritzburg track to contest the Golden Horseshoe and only found 18-10 favourite Gimme A Prince too good and went down 0.90 lengths.
However, while he is likely to start quite a short-priced favourite, and as the only Grade 1 winner in the field he remains the horse to beat. But as this is a prep run it would be wise to look at some of his rivals who are weighted to trouble him. Tony Peter-trained Rulership was quietly fancied to win the Computaform Sprint did not appear to benefit from the yielding going. With going likely to be fast this time, he should close the gap markedly on Thunderstruck.
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