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Crowley picks outsider Eqtidaar over Tasleet for Harry Angel clash
Eqtidaar: Jim Crowley's preferred mountCredit: Edward Whitaker
Jim Crowley took a different view to the betting market on Thursday as he preferred Eqtidaar over last year's runner-up Tasleet as his best chance of overturning Harry Angel in Saturday's 32Red Sprint Cup.
Although Tasleet was as low as 8-1 for Haydock's Group 1 showpiece Crowley, first jockey to Hamdan Al Maktoum who owns both runners, opted for the Commonwealth Cup winner Eqtidaar, who is double the odds.
Eqtidaar followed his Royal Ascot victory with a ninth-placed finish in the July Cup, just under six lengths behind US Navy Flag.
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