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Haydock Sprint Cup 2012
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Society Rocks Up in Betfred Sprint Cup
08/09/12
1 Society Rock 10/1
2 Gordon Lord Byron 12/1
3 Bated Breath 11/4
NR: Confessional, Soul (AUS)
13 ran Distances: l, 1l, l
TIME 1m 10.20s (fast by 0.30s)
Society Rock saw off a top-class field at Haydock to gain a second top-grade success when winning the Group 1 Haydock Park Sprint for James Fanshawe and Kieren Fallon.
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Fallon added: “He travelled really well and I got all the splits down the rail that I needed. He's a little terrier and he tries very hard, which is what you need in this type of race. I followed James (Doyle, on Bated Breath) through as I thought he was the horse I had to beat, he gave me a lovely lead through and I was able to pick up on that fast ground.''
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Gordon Lord Byron could return to handicap company after the best run of his career to date.
"It was a great run and he's a smashing horse," Tom Hogan, Gordon Lord Byron's trainer, said. "William Buick told me after [he won at] York that he needed a stiff six and that he would win a Group One over a stiff six or seven. He said Haydock might be a bit sharp for him and his reading was probably 100% right."
The Co Tipperary trainer added: "There are lots of options for him now. He is in the Ayr Gold Cup in a fortnight's time and he will not have to carry a penalty for that." Gordon Lord Byron is 10-1 favourite (from 14-1) for the Ayr sprint with MansionBet .
Betfred Sprint Cup (British Champions Series) (Group 1)
225,000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 1
13 ran
| Position |
Horse Trainer |
Jockey Weight |
Starting Price Beaten Distance |
| 1 |
Society Rock J R Fanshawe |
K Fallon 9st 3lbs |
10 - 1 Winner |
| 2 |
Gordon Lord Byron T Hogan |
R Kingscote 9st 3lbs |
12 - 1 3/4 length |
| 3 |
Bated Breath R Charlton |
J Doyle 9st 3lbs |
11 - 4 1 1/4 length |
| 4 |
Dandy Boy D Marnane |
J P Spencer 9st 3lbs |
20 - 1 3/4 length |
| 5 |
Genki R Charlton |
Hayley Turner 9st 3lbs |
50 - 1 1 3/4 length |
| 6 |
Wizz Kid Robert Collet |
G Mosse 9st 0lbs |
9 - 1 Head |
| 7 |
Strong Suit R Hannon |
R Hughes 9st 3lbs |
11 - 2 Head |
| 8 |
Majestic Myles R A Fahey |
Freddie Tylicki 9st 3lbs |
33 - 1 Head |
| 9 |
Hitchens T D Barron |
G Gibbons 9st 3lbs |
16 - 1 3/4 length |
| 10 |
Elusivity B J Meehan |
Dane O'Neill 9st 3lbs |
80 - 1 1 1/4 length |
| 11 |
Hawkeyethenoo J S Goldie |
G Lee 9st 3lbs |
16 - 1 1 3/4 length |
| 12 |
Ortensia P Messara |
W Buick 9st 0lbs |
5 - 2 3/4 length |
| 13 |
Es Que Love M Johnston |
J Fanning 9st 1lbs |
40 - 1 3 1/4 lengths |
| NonRunner |
Confessional T D Easterby |
P Mulrennan 9st 3lbs |
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| NonRunner |
Soul S bin Suroor |
L Dettori 9st 3lbs |
- |
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Trainer Paul Messara reports the damage to be not too serious and his stable star is expected to go into quarantine shortly in preparation for her long trip across the globe.
"She's a bit tender. She sustained a pretty good splicing at the back of her fetlock in the race," said Messara.
"I'm not sure exactly at what stage of the race she did it, but she got a good one-inch cut right at the back of the fetlock right over the sesamoid, so it would have been quite painful for her to run on it.
"She did it early in the race and has done it a few times because she actually cut through the bandage. We had both fetlocks bandaged and she still managed to put an inch splice in it.
"We're not sure if she did it jumping out of the stalls in the first few strides or at another stage. It certainly is sore enough and a big enough cut for her not to stretch out as we would have expected her to over the final two furlongs.
"Luckily I don't think it's going to be a long-term thing. Hopefully after a couple of weeks to heal up, the bruising will go away and she will be OK.
"She's still in Newmarket at the moment, but she will probably go into quarantine this week and get home.
"It was just disappointing we couldn't put the icing on the cake on Saturday, but unfortunately that's racing. She certainly had a fair excuse after she pulled up and we got a chance to see what the full story was."
