Beat the Bank Prevails In the Sandown Mile

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With last year’s G2 Sandown Mile winner Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) ruled out of the 2019 renewal of the Bet365-sponsored test due to the lack of rain, it was left to the G2 Celebration Mile and G2 Summer Mile scorer Beat the Bank (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) to continue the King Power Racing momentum on Friday. Granted a perfect lead by stablemate Zwayyan (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), the 7-4 joint-favourite took a while to find his stride but eventually ousted Sharja Bridge (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) passing the furlong pole en route to a half-length success.

Friday, Sandown Park, Britain
BET365 MILE-G2, £100,000, Sandown, 4-26, 4yo/up, 8f 25yT, 1:43.23, g/f.
1–BEAT THE BANK (GB), 127, g, 5, by Paco Boy (Ire)
1st Dam: Tiana (GB) (SP-Eng), by Diktat (GB)
2nd Dam: Hill Welcome (GB), by Most Welcome (GB)
3rd Dam: Tarvie, by Swing Easy
(18,000gns RNA Wlg ’14 TATFOA; 30,000gns Ylg ’15 TAOCT). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-A S Denniff (GB); T-Andrew Balding; J-Silvestre de Sousa. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 15-8-0-0, $512,710. *1/2 to Salt Island (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), SP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sharja Bridge (GB), 127, h, 5, Oasis Dream (GB)–Quetena (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger). (500,000gns Ylg ’15 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (GB); T-Roger Varian. £21,500.
3–Regal Reality (GB), 127, c, 4, Intello (Ger)–Regal Realm (GB), by Medicean (GB). O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £10,760.
Margins: HF, 1, 3/4. Odds: 1.75, 1.75, 7.00.
Also Ran: Suedois (Fr), Mitchum Swagger (GB), Oh This Is Us (Ire), Zwayyan (GB). Scratched: Addeybb (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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