Hannon expects Mill Reef power surge
TRAINER Richard Hannon has backed Mystery Power to bounce back to winning form in the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury today.
The colt possesses the best performance in the line- up having landed the Group Two Superlative Stakes at Newmarket in July, beating decent yardstick Juan Elcano.
But the mount of Ryan Moore was below par on his latest run behind the season’s leading two-year- old Pinatubo in the Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
Mystery Power is trying to become the first horse since Caspar Netscher in 2011 to defy a penalty in the Mill Reef Stakes.
Hannon said: ‘ He scoped badly after Goodwood and it took him a long time to come right again. We had to put him on some heavy antibiotics.
‘Now he is working just like he was. I think he will run very well even with the penalty.’
Mystery Power’s rivals include Roger Varian-trained Pierre Lapin, a half-brother to 2016 Mill Reef Stakes winner Harry Angel.
Hannon left Newbury with a treble yesterday courtesy of Tabarrak, Separate and 33-1 debutant Theotherside, who is part-owned by West Bromwich Albion striker Charlie Austin.
The performance of the day came from Quadrilateral, trained by Roger Charlton, who is the 14-1 favourite for next year’s 1,000 Guineas after demolishing her rivals in the Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises Condition Stakes.
The Jason Watson-ridden daughter of Frankel beat Kalsara nine lengths in the seven-furlong contest and could be supplemented to the Group One Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket on October 11.
Trainer Alan King looks set to aim Tritonic at the Group One Vertem Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on October 26 after the Oisin Murphy-ridden 12-1 shot came home strongly to land the Haynes, Hanson & Clark Stakes.