Northern trained runners dominated the semi-finals of the Coral Sussex Cup over 515 metres at Hove on Thursday writes Jason Craddock.
Pat Rosney’s Burgess Oscar went quickest when landing the opening qualifier. He picked up the early leader My Real Muttley on the penultimate turn and went on to score by almost four lengths.
His kennelmate and more-fancied Vatican Gurkha was never a factor when starting slowly and the favourite Diego Flight got stopped in his tracks twice when making a move.
Barrie Draper’s Ballymac Mossjoe was soon in front in the opening qualifier. He went on to beat the hot favourite Jet Stream Jack by almost three lengths in 29.82sec.
Real Shirty was a surprise 6-1 winner of the second qualifier. Mark Wallis’s runner was soon clear and went on to beat King Dec by three lengths in 30.04sec.
Draw for Thursday’s final with sponsors betting:
1 Burgess Oscar 5-2
2 King Dec 7-2
3 My Real Muttley 20
4 Ballymac Mossjoe 3
5 Jet Stream Jack 11-4
6 Real Shirty 7
Vanayamzaman went quickest in the Coral Sprint heats when clocking a fast 16.10sec.
The other winners were Who Needs Pace in 16.30sec and Swift Merlot in 16.42sec.
Paul Young’s Johns Present was the standard-setter in the Coral Puppy Trophy when making all to score in 30.01sec.
Young had a double when his Droopys Dart was equally impressive in heat two when making all in 30.02sec, while David Mullins’ Ballymac Leo clocked 30.33sec in heat one.
Farloe Lara (29.99sec), Franks Dream (30.15sec) and Jaytee India (30.01sec) were the winners of the Coral Ladies heats over 515 metres.
