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A Maximum Field Of 12 Goes For The Betway Golden Rose Stakes

Fast Track Qualifiers
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16 November 2018

A maximum field of 12 goes for Saturday's second Fast-Track Qualifier, the £37,000 Listed Betway Golden Rose Stakes (3.15pm), which offers a free and automatic place in the £150,000 Betway All-Weather Sprint Championships on Good Friday.

 

Gifted Master (Hugo Palmer/James Doyle) stormed to an impressive victory over Mythmaker (14/1, Bryan Smart/Graham Lee) in the six-furlong sprint last year and the son of Kodiac is Betway's 7/2 favourite to gain a repeat success.

 

Palmer is also due to be represented by Encrypted (9/1, Josephine Gordon), who has scored on three of his four All-Weather appearances and also won a valuable turf handicap at York in June.

 

Corinthia Knight (5/1, Archie Watson/Hollie Doyle) took the £150,000 Three-Year-Old All-Weather Championships on Good Friday last season, while the third, fourth and fifth from the 2018 £150,000 Betway All-Weather Sprint Championships - Kimberella (12/1, Richard Fahey/Jack Garrity), Intisaab (11/2, David O'Meara/Martin Harley) and Gulliver (18/1, David O'Meara/Joe Fanning) are due to re-oppose each other.

 

Above The Rest (8/1, David Barron/David Probert) won the G3 Chipchase Stakes on Tapeta at Newcastle in June and the seven-year-old is joined by another Pattern race winner in Muthmir (8/1, William Haggas/Daniel Tudhope), a three-time G2 scorer on turf.

 

Could It Be Love (12/1, Aidan O'Brien IRE/Kieran O'Neill) also boasts some excellent turf form, with the three-year-old filly having been second to Alpha Centauri in the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas. She also finished third in the G3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

 

David Evans saddles two contenders - last season's Listed Betway Hever Sprint Stakes victor Gracious John (14/1, Charles Bishop) and Atletico (25/1, Sean Levey) - with all 12 runners possessing a BHA rating of 100 or more.

 

Betway Golden Rose Stakes - Betway prices:

7/2 Gifted Master; 5/1 Corinthia Knight; 11/2 Intisaab; 8/1 Above The Rest, Muthmir; 9/1 Encrypted; 12/1 Could It Be Love, Kimberella; 14/1 Gracious John, Mythmaker; 18/1 Gulliver; 25/1 Atletico

Each-way 1/5 odds, 1-2-3

 

Saturday's card gets underway at 11.55am and includes the mile £19,000 Sun Racing Handicap (1.35pm), which has attracted a strong field that includes last season's Sun Racing All-Weather Mile Championships third Goring (9st 8lb, Eve Johnson Houghton/Charles Bishop).

 

The weights are headed by Listed Lady Wulfruna Stakes winner Salateen (9st 10lb, David O'Meara/Martin Harley). Goodwood Golden Mile third Original Choice (9st 4lb, William Haggas/James Doyle) has also been declared alongside prolific course and distance winners Chevallier (9st 2lb, Archie Watson/Luke Morris) and My Target (8st 12lb, Michael Wigham/Josephine Gordon).

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