Sword Of Mercy an eleven start maiden to G1 contender Posted by: JustHorseRacing+ at 2:28pm on 3/1/2021 The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra trained Sword Of Mercy has emerged as a live chance in next months Group One Oakleigh Plate after an impressive win at Caulfield on Saturday. Sword Of Mercy took twelve starts to break her maiden but has since won five of her last eight starts including two impressive metropolitan wins which has prompted her trainers to look at the Group One Oakeligh Plate next month as a target race. “I thought it was a pretty good win,” Simon Zahra told RSN on Sunday morning.