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Lazzat Heads 17-Runner Sprint Cup Field at Haydock After Going Updated to Good

A late ground change to good prompted Harry Eustace to run Time For Sandals here rather than wait for the Curragh.

Overview

  • The Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup (3.35) goes with a full field of 17 and prize money around £427,000 confirmed on race day.
  • Lazzat is a well-backed favourite at roughly 2/1 with James Doyle returning to ride as the Wathnan runner bids to be the first French-trained winner since 2008.
  • Wathnan Racing fields a three-strong team of Lazzat, Kind Of Blue and Flora Of Bermuda, with Kind Of Blue and Time For Sandals prominent in betting.
  • Rage Of Bamby and Sky Majesty were supplemented to bolster a line-up that also features July Cup shock winner No Half Measures and other notable sprinters.
  • Clerk Daniel Cooper moved the official going to good after just 1mm of rain and a drying forecast, with pundits calling the race highly competitive in a volatile sprint season.