Gold-en chance for Surrey Mist in hat-trick quest
Big Newbury handicap full of likely types.
George Baker has no concerns about switching back to turf with the hat-trick-seeking Surrey Mist in Saturday’s BetVictor London Gold Cup at Newbury. The 10-furlong contest has a rich tradition for producing multiple big handicap and Group-race winners, with the likes of four-time Group One hero Al Kazeem (2011) and dual Group Two scorer Time Test (2015) among previous victors. Surrey Mist opened his campaign with two wins on the all-weather at Lingfield and Kempton, and will be having just his second turf start.“He is a horse who did very well physically over the winter. We liked him as a two-year-old last year and he ran a nice race on debut. We were obviously delighted with the manner of his two wins this year and last time out that form has been well franked. “He probably got the run of the race being close to the pace off a slow pace, but I think he is a very straightforward, progressive young horse. “It is decent prize-money and we’ll take our chance – although we are more than hopeful of a big run. “It is an open contest which befits the prize-money, but it is good to have horses like this to run in races like this. We head there full of hope.”
Red Vineyard gave the William Muir and Chris Grassick yard another winner in the 1m2f handicap at Sandown after a fine ride from @TomMarquand. pic.twitter.com/eWHKg61JMe
— Simon Milham (@simonmilham) April 22, 2022
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