Athenian set to stand first in Summer Sprint Trophy Handicap
The Sir Mark Prescott Bt-trained bay filly, Athenian, is all set to capitalise well on the momentum produced by her last four excellent performance in an effort to claim the ace title of the Summer Sprint Trophy Handicap that will be held at Ripon racecourse
on Monday, July 9. The Class 3 contest over 6 furlongs is scheduled to start at 8:20 (GMT).
While chasing the prize cheque worth £6,931 on the soft track, the three-year-old young and enthusiastic runner will run against 9 worthy rivals.
Athenian possesses a glorious track record. She has won three of her total 7 starts so far. Since the beginning of 2012, the daughter of Acclamation out of Ziria has been at the peak of form.
On May 28, the fantastic filly marvellously finished first in the Betfair Supporting Grassroots Racing Handicap over 6 furlongs at Kempton despite being a non-favourite runner.
The Keatly Overseas Ltd-bred sprinter went on to win Elite Racing Club Fillies’ Handicap over 6 furlongs at Chepstow track on June 4----she was 8-13 favourite for that race. These two back-to-back triumphs boosted up the victor’s morale greatly.
The brilliant sprinter nicely finished as a runner-up in the Countryside Alliance British Stallion Studs E B F Fillies’ Handicap (Div 1) over 6 furlongs at Newmarket on June 8.
She again accomplished a grand victory in the Betdaq Casino Games Fillies’ Handicap over 6 furlongs at Kempton track on June 27.
Thus, Athenian will be able to seal success emphatically, but she is likely to face a lot of resistance from Kyleakin Lass who too has been on the podium for most of the time in her career.
The Ian Wood-trained bay filly broke her maiden in the January 20% Off Sales Now Launched Nursery over 5 furlongs at Kempton on December 29, 2011.
The daughter of Kyllachy out of Local Fancy grabbed a runner-up rank on May 21, 2012. She elegantly finished first in her last outing entitled as John Sunley Memorial Handicap----this was Class 4 race, held at Windsor on June 11.
In this situation, there will be witnessed a tough tug of war between Athenian and Kyleakin Lass. Let us see who carries the day. Good luck to both the filly.
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