15:15 Newmarket

Saturday 20 May 2017

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Betway Sprint Trophy Handicap

  • 3YO only  |   Class 2  |   6f  |   Good to Soft  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:15  |   Winning time: 1m 12.82s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
1
(8)
Horse silk
Eqtiraan14
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: R Hannon| OR:  105| D
9/2
One win from five starts but best efforts have come on good to firm ground and he was a disappointing odds-on favourite at Salisbury in soft conditions. Second over C&D last time and mark looks stiff after a 5lb rise for that effort so others preferred.
2
(1)
Horse silk
Wick Powell36
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-11| J: A Mullen| T: T D Barron| OR:  95| D
12/1
6f Redcar Listed Two-Year-Old Trophy winner as a juvenile and scored on the AW at Newcastle earlier in the year. Struggled off his revised mark since and faces plenty of competition for the lead but he has run well on soft ground before.
3
(5)
Horse silk
Quench Dolly8
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-8| J: F Sweeney| T: J Gallagher| OR:  92| D
13/2
Has bounced back to form this spring with two fine efforts from the front at Leicester and Lingfield. Warrants her hike in the weights and she may not be done improving yet but unlikely to get an easy time on the front end.
4
(6)
Horse silk
Ekhtiyaar22
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-5| J: S De Sousa| T: R Varian| OR:  89| D
3/1
Keen going sort who improved on his debut at Yarmouth to score at that same course on second start. Respectable second on return at Doncaster and entitled to come on for that run. Could be the owner's first string despite the colour of the cap, with Crowley unlikely to be able to make 8st5lb but needs to settle better.
5
(9)
Horse silk
Esprit De Corps36
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-3| J: David Egan(7)| T: H & R Charlton| OR:  87| D
10/1
Confirmed the promise he had shown on his second start with a firm ground win at Bath last time. Couldn't have done that much easier but he won't get those sort of conditions here and this is a deeper contest.
6
(4)
Horse silk
Holmeswoodp122
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-1| J: L Morris| T: M Dods| OR:  85| D
6/1
Made up for an unlucky looking debut at Newcastle by following up with a nice win at that same course on second start. Not disgraced on first turf start at Doncaster last time but trainer has a low-strike rate with horses wearing first-time headgear (7.29%) so perhaps one to treat with caution this time around.
7
(7)
Horse silk
Poet's Princess28
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: H Morrison| OR:  84| D
16/1
Won a fillies' race at Newbury last year but latest two starts have been very disappointing and she was reluctant to race after she was restless in the stalls on comeback run last time. Doesn't look a straight forward character and probably one to take on.
8
(2)
Horse silk
Mutawakked19
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-0| J: J Quinn| T: B J Meehan| OR:  83| D
16/1
His better runs have come on faster ground than what he will get here and yard have been very quiet in recent weeks. Hard to fancy and would appear to be the owners third string.
9
(10)
Horse silk
Nautical Haven86
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-0| J: Hollie Doyle(3)| T: K A Ryan| OR:  82| D
11/1
Hit and miss performer who won a voided race at Chelmsford last time out. Enjoys making the running but so do plenty of others in here and he needs to start showing more consistency before he becomes of interest.
10
(3)
Horse silk
Kreb's Cycle9
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-0| J: Ryan Powell| T: Ian Williams| OR:  82| D
11/1
6f on a straight course on rain softened ground probably his optimum conditions and likes to come off a strong pace but he's shown nothing on his last two starts, including debut for this yard last time; hard to recommend in current form.

Forecasts

Ekhtiyaar (3/1), Eqtiraan (9/2), Holmeswood (6/1), Quench Dolly (13/2), Esprit De Corps (10/1), Kreb's Cycle (11/1), Nautical Haven (11/1), Wick Powell (12/1), Poet's Princess (16/1), Mutawakked (16/1)

Verdict

QUENCH DOLLY has been a revelation this year and she may have a bit too much speed for these. Ekhtiyaar may be the best of the Sheikh Hamdan trio despite Crowley riding the top weight and Kreb's Cycle gets his optimum conditions here but he needs to bounce back to take a hand.
  1. Quench Dolly
  2. Ekhtiyaar
  3. Kreb's Cycle

Prize Money

1st: £28,012.002nd: £8,388.003rd: £4,194.004th: £2,097.005th: £1,048.006th: £526.00

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