Sandown Stud’s G1 winning resident stallion Pathfork came up with a second G1 winner when his son Pearl Of Asia downed a top-class field to land the G1 Mercury Sprint (1200m) run at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.

Trained by Robbie and Shannon Hill, four-year-old Pearl Of Asia put up a career best effort when landing Saturday’s R500 000 sprint, while accounting for such G1winners as Rio Querari, Kasimir, Chimichuri Run and Singforafa.

Under Serino Moodley, the Pathfork gelding flew up late to win by a long neck, over Al Sakeet, with MK’s Pride a further head away in third spot.
Pearl Of Asia, who was bred by the Riverton Stud, claimed his sixth win from 18 starts in a time of 71.06 seconds.

The gelding, who is out of the Tiger Ridge mare Asiatic Pearl, was a R35 000 buy from the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale.

Pearl Of Asia joins the likes of G1 winning two-year-old Mighty High and fellow graded stakes winners Jet Start, Marchingontogether, Mr Flood, My Friend Lee and Red Chesnut Road as flagbearers for former Irish champion Pathfork.

The latter, who is from the same female line as top sires El Gran Senor, Northern Guest, Redoute’s Choice and Try My Best, has two colts on offer at the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale.