Super Sprint Trophy
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The Super Sprint Trophy is a flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs and 34 yards (1,037 m) at Newbury Racecourse in July.
It was first run in 1991 and was initially titled the Newbury Sales Super Sprint Trophy. In 1993 the name was changed to Weatherbys and Sales Super Sprint Trophy and since 1993 it has been run as the Weatherbys Super Sprint Trophy. The race is currently restricted to horses sold as yearlings at Weatherbys sales for 37,000 guineas or less before July 1st, or 40,000 guineas or less after June 30th. The weights carried are determined by the sale price of the horses, with one pound deducted for each 2,500 guineas below 40,000.
In its earlier years a number of horses contested the race who went on to significant victories. The inaugural winner Paris House subsequently won the Palace House Stakes and Temple Stakes, and Lyric Fantasy, winner in 1992, won the Nunthorpe Stakes as a two-year-old in her next race. The 1993 third, Turtle Island, went on to win the Irish 2,000 Guineas as a three-year-old. However, few recent runners have achieved any significant successes.
Horses trained by Richard Hannon have won the race on six occasions.
[edit] Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
| 1991 | Paris House | 8-03 | John Carroll | Jack Berry | 1:02.17 |
| 1992 | Lyric Fantasy | 8-11 | Michael Roberts | Richard Hannon | 1:03.22 |
| 1993 | Risky | 8-10 | Walter Swinburn | Richard Hannon | 1:04.06 |
| 1994 | Brief Glimpse | 8-02 | Michael Hills | David Chappell | 1:01.58 |
| 1995 | Blue Iris | 8-01 | Willie Carson | Michael Jarvis | 1:04.22 |
| 1996 | Miss Stamper | 8-02 | David Harrison | Richard Hannon | 1:00.59 |
| 1997 | Lord Kintyre | 8-07 | Brett Doyle | Rod Millman | 1:00.52 |
| 1998 | Flanders | 8-11 | Lindsay Charnock | Tim Easterby | 1:02.96 |
| 1999 | Don Puccini | 8-11 | John Stack | Bryan Smart | 1:01.52 |
| 2000 | Superstar Leo | 8-06 | Michael Hills | William Haggas | 0:59.19 |
| 2001 | Good Girl | 8-05 | Michael Roberts | Tim Easterby | 1:00.86 |
| 2002 | Presto Vento | 8-09 | Eddie Ahern | Richard Hannon | 1:01.14 |
| 2003 | If Paradise | 8-07 | Dane O'Neill | Richard Hannon | 1:01.05 |
| 2004 | Siena Gold | 8-01 | Frankie McDonald | Brian Meehan | 1:01.89 |
| 2005 | Lady Livius | 8-05 | Martin Dwyer | Richard Hannon | 1:01.54 |
| 2006 | Elhamri | 9-04 | Declan McDonogh | Sylvester Kirk | 1:01.32 |
| no race 2007 * |
* The 2007 race was abandoned as a result of heavy rainfall in the area prior to the meeting on July 21st.
