Corrybrough can swoop late in Sprint Cup

A statement of the obvious it may be but the ground is the key to all the weekend’s racing and, should today’s featured Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock get the go-ahead, it’s clear to see why ante-post punters have been drawn to French raider African Rose.

Keeping the big sprinting prizes at home this season has proven difficult for British runners as Equiano proved by taking the King’s Stand Stakes home to Spain before Marchand D’Or brought the July Cup back to his native France.

The latter has proven himself the best sprinter in Europe this season and all of the year’s top speed horses have form which ties in with Freddie Head’s superstar.