Bucanero Fuerte likely to head for Sprint Cup at Haydock

Nick Robson
August 7, 2024 10:38 am

Adrian Murray’s star was ruled out of the Commonwealth Cup due to travel sickness.

Haydock’s Betfair Sprint Cup has emerged as the likely target for Bucanero Fuerte, who has not run since May.

Adrian Murray’s three-year-old looked set to take high-rank among the sprinters this year when making a winning reappearance in a Group Three, having landed the Phoenix Stakes as a juvenile last year.

He was ruled out of a run in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot due to travel sickness and did not recover in time for the July Cup, but Murray hopes he is now back firing on all cylinders.

“Bucanero Fuerte will probably go to Haydock for the Sprint Cup, at the minute that is the plan,” he said.

David Egan with Bucanero Fuerte (Damien Eagers/PA)

“The season got off to a flyer for him but that’s horses, the best ones put so much into the training, they try so hard it is why things tend to go wrong.

“But he’s in great order now, he’s back doing a piece of work and we’re happy again with him now. We have the whole of the autumn to aim at with him, he’s a horse who likes soft ground too, he won the first day on heavy ground.

“The sprint division is open, there’s no star at the minute. Unfortunately, we had to miss Ascot and that race cut up quite badly, three or four came out of it.

“If he gets back to his best, he should take a bit of beating.”