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Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes: Past Winners, Stats & History

Weatherby's Super Sprint Day
Course:
Newbury
Flat Course
Grade:
Class 2
Length:
5f
Last Winner:
Eddies's Boy @ 15/2
Prize Money:
£200,000 (2022)

The juvenile sprinters hog the spotlight at Newbury in July as they contest the Weatherbys Super Sprint.

The conditions of this race are a little different from the standard handicap affairs we are used to. With the weights being allocated according to the price paid for each horse, it is not necessarily the best horse which carries the most weight here, merely the most expensive.

The race is relatively young in racing terms, running for the first time in 1991. The idea for the contest was developed by the late Lord Carnarvon, who was racing manager to the Queen, and former Trainer Richard Hannon Senior.

Weatherbys Super Sprint Course Map (Flat Course)

Newbury Flat Racecourse Map

Weatherbys Super Sprint Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Eddies's Boy 15/2 Archie Watson Hollie Doyle
2021 Gubbass 4/1 Richard Hannon Sean Levey
2020 Happy Romance 10/3 Richard Hannon Sean Levey
2019 Bettys Hope 14/1 Rod Millman Silvestre De Sousa
2018 Ginger Nut 16/1 Richard Hannon Harry Bentley
2017 Bengali Boys 12/1 Richard Fahey Barry McHugh
2016 Mrs Danvers 9/2 Jonathan Portman Luke Morris
2015 Lathom 28/1 Richard Fahey Tony Hamilton
2014 Tiggy Wiggy 5/2 Richard Hannon Richard Hughes
2013 Peniaphobia 5/1 Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan
2012 Body And Soul 9/2 Tim Easterby Duran Fentiman
2011 Charles The Great 25/1 Andrew Balding Jimmy Fortune
2010 Temple Meads 5/1 Ed McMahon Richard Mullen
2009 Monsieur Chevalier 2/1 Richard Hannon Sr. Richard Hughes
2008 Jargelle 20/1 William Haggas Liam Jones
2007 Abandoned (rain) - - -
2006 Elhamri 9/1 Sylvester Kirk Declan McDonogh
2005 Lady Livius 100/1 Richard Hannon Sr. Martin Dwyer
2004 Siena Gold 11/2 Brian Meehan Frankie McDonald
2003 If Paradise 14/1 Richard Hannon Sr. Dane O'Neill

About the Weatherbys Super Sprint: Pounds (lbs) For Pounds (£)

Newbury Racecourse Crowd
Barry Skeates, flickr

There are many top flat handicaps throughout the summer months, but not too many quite like this juvenile contest held at Newbury in July. Limited to two year olds only, this five furlong sprint affair is one of the most valuable events of its type of the season, offering a not inconsiderable £200,000 (as of 2022) in total prize money.

There is nothing unique in a five furlong handicap restricted to juveniles, but what is fairly novel with this race is the manner in which the weights to be carried by the contenders are assigned. Unlike in a standard handicap – where the weights carried are determined by the runners’ official ratings – in this race the burden to be shouldered is directly related to the price paid for each of runners.

Open only to horses who fetched less than a specified amount at public auction (£63,000 in 2022), weight is deducted in line with the price paid: the more expensive the horse, the more weight they will carry. A runner purchased for the maximum £63,000 will carry top weight of 9st 3lbs, with a pound in weight being deducted for every £5,000 below this maximum value. So for example a runner costing £53,000 would carry 9st 1lb. In common with many other events of this type, any fillies in the field also receive a five pound allowance from the males.

Magnificent Seven For Richard

Chart Showing the Top Weatherbys Super Sprint Trainers Between 1991 and 2022

This race is a relative newcomer to the scene in racing terms, having first been run in 1991. However it hasn’t taken long for a number of trainers to rack up a pretty impressive record in the event. None more so than the now retired Richard Hannon Senior, whose seven wins between the years of 1993 and 2009 put him way out in front at the head of the table of top trainers.

Hot on his heels though is a certain Richard Hannon Junior, as whatever Richard Hannon Snr. knew about lining a runner up for success in this race, he seems to have passed on to his son. Hannon Jnr boast the best records of the current handlers with four wins as of 2022 with Tim Easterby and Richard Fahey claiming three wins apiece.

Hannon Duo The Pick Of The Bunch

Whilst this contest is really designed to give the smaller owners and cheaper horses a realistic shot at landing a big pot, that doesn’t mean winners of the event can’t go on to make their presence felt at a much higher level.

The pick of the Richard Hannon Snr. septet to have come home in front was undoubtedly his first ever winner of the race, 1992 champ Lyric Fantasy. A winner of six of her ten career starts, her career highlight came when becoming the first horse to ever win the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York as a two year old.

Lyric Fantasy’s Racing Record: 1992 – 1993

Date Age Race Class Position Odds Winnings
27/4/1992 2 Lady Caroline Stakes (Windsor) Class 6 1st 3/1 £2k
26/5/1992 2 National Stakes (Sandown) Listed 1st 2/1 £7k
16/6/1992 2 Queen Mary Stakes (Ascot) Group 3 1st 11/8 £24k
18/7/1992 2 Super Sprint Stakes (Newbury) Class 2 1st 2/5 £59K
20/8/1992 2 Nunthorpe Stakes (York) Group 1 1st 8/11 £94k
30/9/1992 2 Cheveley Park Stakes (Newmarket) Group 1 2nd 1/2 £26k
29/4/1993 3 1000 Guineas (Newmarket) Group 1 6th 14/1 £0
22/5/1993 3 Charlotte Fillies Stakes (Newmarket) Listed 1st 1/3 £10k
18/6/1993 3 King’s Stand Stakes (Ascot) Group 2 7th 7/2 £0
19/8/1993 3 Nunthorpe Stakes (York) Group 1 11th 8/1 £0

The best winner of them all though was the Richard Hannon Jnr.-trained Tiggy Wiggy who scorched the turf on route to a six length rout here in 2014. Having already scored at Listed level at the time of that success, she then went on to prove even better than that with a win in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes, before success in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes cemented her status as the Cartier Champion Two Year Old Filly for 2014.

Tiggy Wiggy’s Racing Record: 2014 – 2015

Date Age Race Class Position Odds Winnings
29/3/2014 2 Maiden Fillies’ Stakes (Kempton) Class 4 1st 8/13 £4k
4/5/2014 2 Fillies’ Conditions Stakes (Salisbury) Class 3 1st 8/11 £7k
16/5/2014 2 Marygate Stakes (York) Listed 2nd 4/1 £9k
29/5/2014 2 National Stakes (Sandown) Listed 1st 3/1 £15k
18/6/2014 2 Queen Mary Stakes (Ascot) Group 2 2nd 7/2 £22k
19/7/2014 2 Super Sprint Stakes (Newbury) Class 2 1st 5/2 £123k
21/8/2014 2 Lowther Stakes (York) Group 2 1st 15/8 £85k
27/9/2014 2 Cheveley Park Stakes (Newmarket) Group 1 1st 6/4 £118k
15/4/2015 3 Fred Darling Stakes (Newbury) Group 3 3rd 11/10 £6k
3/5/2015 3 1000 Guineas (Newmarket) Group 1 3rd 9/1 £44k
19/6/2015 3 Commonwealth Cup (Ascot) Group 1 16th 6/1 0
5/9/2015 3 Sprint Cup (Haydock) Group 1 15th 16/1 0

Other Races of Note at Newbury

  • Betfair Hurdle
  • Challow Novices’ Hurdle
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