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Betfair Sprint Cup memories: Dayjur v Royal Academy

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Betfair Sprint Cup memories: Dayjur v Royal Academy

Dayjur beat Royal Academy in the 1990 Sprint Cup at Haydock. The runner-up was short of room at a crucial stage and flew home. Royal academy went to Belmont Park to provide Lester Piggott with an unthinkable comeback success in Breeders’ Cup Mile. Ed Chamberlin believes Dayjurs is the best sprinter of modern times. Horsetrader is Robert Sangster”s book. It was Robert s brainchild and sponsored by Vernons Pools. In 1990 a big part of the story was Royal Academics was a horse that Vincent O‘Brien paid $3.5m for.

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