The Hayley Moore of sky Sports Racing guides you through the fancies in the Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot.
It looks set for a curtain-raiser that is cracking. The conditions look as theyre likely to be ahead of this seasons Champions Day about the testing aspect thus horses which act on earth on the intense side, hefty, are the ones to follow.
The Tin Man will look after winning it at 2016. Sands Of Mali looks like he will have. In sprinting distances since being retained advertise has had a profitable season, he has also proven to be adaptable on the floor and his album at Ascot is another favorable.
A number of the runners have obtained each other on many occasions and reverse sort together with one another so it will be a case of whos in greatest heart on the day and who will go further than the six furlongs as they will really must see it out.
He was attempted in the 2000 Guineas at the start of the Flat season after finishing second to Too Darn Hot in the Dewhurst but failed to shape into a miler as soon as the Martyn Meade stable were under a cloud. Sprinting has been forced his match.
Showcasings son is projecting towards the 1m mark in earnings . Hell confront the most extreme conditions he has ever lined up on in his career up to now, but theres hope.
He even won the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on good to soft ground and stayed on well within the six furlongs when the blinkers went on for the very first time. He ran a race in behind a restored Six Sovereigns, who flipped the shape on ground that was quick with Advertise at the July Cup and then came out.
Advertise was again right back in the groove in Deauville over six-and-a-half furlongs in August when beating Brando by a 27, when we saw him.
Connections have been required to prevent that the Haydock Sprint Cup and have swerved the Prix de la Foret so hell be seen to his finest to British Champions Day for this possible race because his swansong before a stallion career.
Trainer Kevin Ryan is nicely represented with Hello Youmzain and seven-year-old Brando. Pivotals boy has another fantastic season and is generally consistent. He is a horse that has form on earth easily in it and he works at Ascot. He is tough although Much like The Tin Man, that he isnt getting any younger.
The worry is that last time out that he burst a blood-vessel after travelling nicely during the Sprint Cup at Haydock, then picked up prior to being defeated for third by Waldpfad. He was that afternoon, but Id be worried the back of this off.
Roger Varians son of Shamardal is currently showing four victories at Ascot, a real liking to the course and three that season, he shot the Victoria Cup at May over seven furlongs on good to soft. He then won the Wokingham over six furlongs on good to firm. He flopped at the July Cup at Newmarket at the level thats a concern, however, it was off and business from Ascot.
Before return to winning ways at Ascot from the Group 2 Bengough Stakes over six furlongs on gentle ground he worked nicely from the Group 2 City of York bets for third-place end. Hes a real Ascot pro which could see him be aggressive .
Fantasy Of Dreams lined in the race and beat one home. Since then he started the season well with wins in Windsor and Chelmsford. This was his third start of the season, in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at which he was with a mind, which could give him an opportunity here behind Blue Point.
He contains some good form on ground ands by Dream Ahead but he will need a resurrection after his recent run which was well and eighth behind Hello Youmzain in Haydock. His run after Royal Ascot at Newmarket in the July Stakes never saw him figure . Hopefully he will be brought by Ascot back on the right track.
The son of Kodiac only began racing in August this past year and is currently a winner four days from seven starts adding at the maximum level when taking the Haydock Sprint Cup before The Tin Man, when he was the fifth three-year-old to win the race in the previous six decades.
He came in to that race won and fresh it in the front. The target after Haydock was British Champions Day in Ascot in the hope he would have his desired floor.
Hello Youmzain was formerly next to Advertise in the Commonwealth Cup – he was slightly unsettled in the stalls so was slow away and ended up knocking towards the back before demonstrating a good turn of foot to join the leaders nevertheless just didnt quite have enough kick in the last furlong.
But we know hell love the ground so he could undo the form. He runs well for a sprinter in his short career thus far and is still unexposed.
Comes into this with terrific recent form when yanking clear by a four-and-a-half lengths following a very comfortable success from the Proper Waterford Testimonial Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.
A supplementary entry into the race may see him line up after the most season, climbing through the ranks having an abysmal handicap mark and an established liking for testing floor conditions.
Make A Challenge started the year rated 66 for Denis Hogan and will boast a markers of 109. A nicely bred son of invincible spirit from Godolphin that cost these connections just #.
Hes a horse of a life for relations and informs you when buying a racehorse, that anyone can dream. It could be a fairytale when he works well, let wins but he will now desire a career best end.
We saw her again in activity for William Haggas finished at Longchamp on Arc day because of lack of opportunities over seven furlongs at Group 1 level.
Thankfully, waiting and heading into France was the perfect move as she kept on well to take the Prix de la Foret before City Light in what was an aggressive renewal to ensure it is back-to-back successes at the race for this to the girl of Fastnet Rock.
Really earth generally brings her very finest performances, so connections are individual concerning where she conducts, along with the terms of Saturday are exactly what she relishes.
Clearly One Master is thriving at this time and she heads in to the race in fantastic shape following a good season so far (like third in the Queen Anne Stakes and second in the Falmouth Stakes) but her very best run was last time out. We know shell continue over the six furlongs.
Weve not seen much of the winner of this past year this year and at a decent price youre able to him back for this reason. But back to Ascot and onto ground which brings out the best of him afterward we could see him rebound .
After Deacon Blues won at 2011 fourth on his very first series in this race as a behind Muhaarar and he was then victorious in the race 2016 giving trainer James Fanshawe his second victory in the competition.
He was fifth in 2017 when sent off favourite in last years renewal when Librisa Breeze won and just seventh behind Sands Of Mali. Hes currently lining up for the fifth time at the race and he comes into it in good form after a run on his final start.
The Tin Man had to return in defeat if he could not quite reel at Newbury in July after disappointing in Hello Youmzain on tender ground and came from their stalls. The Tin Man has had some stalls clinic lately so hopefully hell be sharper away at Ascot.
Hes a classy sprinter that will love the conditionshe won the Group 1 Sprint Cup at September 2018 on thick ground so that the more testing the better and he comes in to the race away the back of a smart bit of work onto the recently reopened trial ground in Newmarket. Well be seeing champion jockey elect Oisin Murphy was made under by him.
Well all year has been running and on earth too quick ideal for her. Year later she won in Longchamp she headed into Churchill Downs in which she ran a great race in defeat for fifth place behind Expert Eye. This season relations have choices but seem eager to attract her to Ascot which I completely respect. Shell need to reverse the form using Brando and Advertise in August from Deauville, but I feel and she will get her domestic Group 1 in a track she has won and been placed.
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