The five-year-old Goldmark gelding, Laredo Gold, and the three-year-old Kilconnel gelding, Longford, who fought out the finish of the Open Handicap over 1 000 metres at Greyville on Saturday, have been added to the list of entries for South Africa’s top weight-for-age speed contest, the R400 000, Grade 1 Mercury Sprint.

The race will take place over 1 200 metres at Clairwood in Durban on Saturday, July 16 and with Black Skimmer, Something Else and Play Catch also being supplemented, the entry list for the race has been increased to 22.

Laredo Gold won the first race on the card at Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July meeting at Greyville and gave trainer Mike Bass the first of four winners at the meeting including the Vodacom Durban July itself.