Hoh Mike claims the feature at Sandown

Hoh Mike produced a killer turn of foot inside the final furlong to claim the feature cherriesracing.com Scurry Stakes over the minimum trip.

Johnny Murtagh had attempted to make all on City Of Tribes, with his fellow Irish raider Contest, the 6-4 favourite, in close attention under Mick Kinane.

The latter looked a big threat but Jamie Spencer got a real tune of Michael Bell’s charge and despite giving the market leader a bump, he powered clear for a two-and-a-half-length success over City Of Tribes, with Contest having to settle for third.

Bell told Channel 4 Racing: “His performance in the Norfolk against Dutch Art, when he was arguably unlucky, was a very good run, but certainly this is his best this year.

“It is very hard for three-year-old sprinters, and we took a view that we would keep him to three-year-old only races this year, certainly until the summer. There’s not many of those about, but he has won two of them, so we are very pleased.

“The Australians have a very good bunch of sprinters this year and it would be very hard for a three-year-old to take them on, so we made a conscious decision we would miss Royal Ascot.

“There’s a Group Three race here in a few weeks and we’ll see how we get on then in a race against the older horses.”