Time For Sandals Primed for Group 1 Return at Haydock

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The G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Time For Sandals continued her preparation for the G1 Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock on September 6 with a spin over five furlongs of Newmarket's July Course on Friday morning. 

The daughter of Sands Of Mali won at Royal Ascot before finishing third in Goodwood's G2 King George Stakes when dropping back to five furlongs.

“Coming here is as much mentally giving them a change of scenery, and a blow out, as it is physically, and we have done that,” said her trainer Harry Eustace.

“She has done one bit of work since Goodwood and for a relatively inexperienced filly to then rock up in the Nunthorpe we felt it was all going to happen a bit quick for her. We have just tried to space her races out all year so we can plot our way in.”

He added, “More than anything we would like to confirm what she did at Ascot and prove that wasn't a fluke and that would be nice to do. It is obviously a wide-open sprint division, but she has a good opportunity to put her hand up here as a flat six furlongs you would think would be about the sweet spot.”

Time For Sandals, who is owned by David and Lori Bevan, has been ridden in all her races by Richard Kingscote, who leaves Britain to take up his contract in Hong Kong prior to Haydock. Eustace says that Kieran Shoemark is “top of the list” to take over riding duties.

“I'm pretty sure Kieran Shoemark will ride her as the owners are very keen on him,” said the trainer. “We are trying to find someone who can commit to her next year as well and he is top of the list of people that can do that, so it is now up to him really.”

 

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