Weatherbys Super Sprint |
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| Newbury 15:35 £250,000 added, 2yo only, 5f 34y, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 22nd July 2017 | |
1 Bengali Boys 12/1
2
Declarationoflove 20/1
3
Maggies Angel 9/4F
23 ran NR: Snazzy Jazzy, Swing Out Sister
Distances: 6l, nk, 1l Time: 1m 4.05s (slow by 4.95s)
For the third time in five years Richard Fahey has won the Super Sprint, this time with Bengali Boys
Bengali Boys was allotted 8st 7lb for the five-furlong contest, with the weights decided by each horse's auction price, and the grey colt, who cost 11,000 euros as a yearling, revelled on the soft ground as he powered clear over a furlong from home under Barry McHugh in front of a crowd in excess of 18,000.
Bengali Boys, a 12/1 chance, continued to open up daylight over his 22 rivals in the closing stages to score by six lengths in 1m 4.05s on soft going, equalling the record Weatherbys Super Sprint winning distance held by Lyric Fantasy (1992) and Tiggy Wiggy (2014).
20/1 shot Declarationoflove took second for first-season trainer Tom Clover and jockey Oisin Murphy, a neck ahead of the Fahey-trained Maggies Angel (Paul Hanagan), who had been sent off the 9/4 favourite. The Malton trainer saddled a total of five runners in the very valuable race.
"He had been working well and had some solid form but you are not sure which way they are going to go on that ground. He definitely liked it.
"This is a race that we target every year and we have been lucky enough to win it three times now in the last five years.
"When we go to the sales, we buy horses for the Weatherbys Super Sprint - you need cheap horses for this race and Bengali Boys only cost 11,000 euros.
"Funnily enough, the day we bought Bengali Boys, I said that he would definitely win the Weatherbys Super Sprint. It's not very often that you can say that but he has sluiced up, so he must love the ground."
McHugh remarked: "What a little star of a horse, to travel on that ground and win like he did.
"I came down with Richard in the car and I was more worried about his filly Maggies Angel but this lad has strengthened up a hell of a lot since his break (he won on his debut at Beverley in April and finished a close second twice in May).
"Fair play to Richard and the owner for putting me on him. Looking at the paper beforehand, he wasn't a no hoper.
"This is what owning a horse is all about - if you can get one that is reasonable and win a pot like this, it pays for his way and for a few others."
Weatherbys Super Sprint
£250,000 added, 2yo only, 5f 34y, Class 2
23 ran
Going: Soft
| Pos | Dr | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | (13) | Bengali Boys (IRE) 12/1 | Barry McHugh 8-7 |
R A Fahey | 2 | |
| 2nd | (12) | 6 | Declarationoflove (IRE) 20/1 | Oisin Murphy 8-9 |
Tom Clover | 2 |
| 3rd | (11) | nk | Maggies Angel (IRE) 9/4f | P Hanagan 8-6 |
R A Fahey | 2 |
| 4th | (17) | 1 | Corinthia Knight (IRE) 8/1 | L Morris 8-7 |
Archie Watson | 2 |
| 5th | (18) | 1 | Pursuing The Dream (IRE) 33/1 | P Mathers 8-5 |
J A Osborne | 2 |
| 6th | (3) | nk | Mother of Dragons (IRE) 12/1 | J Quinn 8-0 |
J Tuite | 2 |
| 7th | (8) | 1 | Three Little Birds 33/1 | K T O'Neill 8-2 |
S Kirk | 2 |
| 8th | (2) | nse | Glaceon (IRE) 40/1 | S M Levey 8-11 |
R Hannon | 2 |
| 9th | (1) | s.h | Lynn's Memory 25/1 | Kieran Shoemark 8-8 |
Joseph P O'Brien | 2 |
| 10th | (4) | ½ | Falabelle (IRE) 16/1 | S A Gray 8-5 |
K A Ryan | 2 |
| 11th | (10) | 1¼ | Inviolable Spirit (IRE) 40/1 | Connor Beasley 8-9 |
R A Fahey | 2 |
| 12th | (9) | ¾ | Lady Anjorica (IRE) 9/1 | S De Sousa 8-4 |
K Dalgleish | 2 |
| 13th | (6) | nse | Zalshah 20/1 | R L Moore 8-13 |
R Hannon | 2 |
| 14th | (20) | nse | Debutante's Ball (IRE) 12/1 | Ryan Powell 8-1 |
J S Moore | 2 |
| 15th | (15) | 1 | Hello Girl 25/1 | P Sirigu 8-1 |
D K Ivory | 2 |
| 16th | (22) | 5 | Danehill Desert (IRE) 66/1 | Sammy Jo Bell 8-7 |
R A Fahey | 2 |
| 17th | (16) | 3 | Onefootinparadise 25/1 | Cam Hardie 8-0 |
P J McBride | 2 |
| 18th | (24) | 4 | Connery (IRE) 25/1 | M Dwyer 8-8 |
S Kirk | 2 |
| 19th | (19) | 1¼ | Requinto Dawn (IRE) 25/1 | S W Kelly 8-9 |
R A Fahey | 2 |
| 20th | (21) | 1¼ | Holdenhurst 100/1 | Mitch Godwin 8-7 |
S Kirk | 2 |
| 21st | (23) | 4½ | Time Trail 16/1 | A Mullen 8-8 |
M Dods | 2 |
| 22nd | (5) | 1¼ | One For June (IRE) 20/1 | Liam Jones 8-5 |
W J Haggas | 2 |
| 23rd | (25) | 3¼ | Lexington Grace (IRE) 66/1 | Hollie Doyle 8-6 |
R Hannon | 2 |
| NR | (14) | Snazzy Jazzy (IRE) | Non Runner 9-1 |
C G Cox | 2 | |
| NR | (7) | Swing Out Sister (IRE) | S Hitchcott 8-6 |
C G Cox | 2 |
