It is hard to see the going being anything other than very testing for Saturday’s Group One sprint race at the north-west track
Haydock’s three-day Sprint Cup meeting opened on Thursday on ground that was officially good, good-to-soft in places, but it is now soft and heavy in places ahead of the Friday card with some more rain possible this morning.
It is hard to see it being anything other than testing for Saturday’s Group One sprint, for which there are a dozen declarations headed by last year’s winner, Harry Angel, and the change in the going has already led to a series of non-runners on Friday’s card.
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Ascot 1.30 Kamikaze Lord 2.05 Bangkok 2.40 What A Welcome 3.15 Sextant 3.50 Sir Hamilton 4.20 Gurkha Friend 4.55 Parnassian (nap)
Newcastle 1.40 Robben Rainbow 2.15 Seebring 2.50 Cray 3.25 Exclusive Waters 4.00 Massam 4.35 Mainsail Atlantic 5.10 Quickly Does It 5.40 Hop Maddocks
Haydock Park 1.50 Gallic 2.25 Hidden Message 3.00 Rapid Applause (nb) 3.35 Show Palace 4.10 Rum Runner 4.45 Swiss Storm 5.15 Burn Some Dust
Musselburgh 4.25 Sky Defender 5.00 Suwaan 5.30 Aphaea 6.00 Zeshov 6.30 Our Charlie Brown 7.00 Chebsey Beau 7.30 Newgate Sioux
Kempton Park 5.45 Repton 6.15 Artois 6.45 Alfurat River 7.15 Imperial Charm 7.45 Enzemble 8.15 Han Solo Berger 8.45 Forbidding