Delight for Doyles as father-son team unearth another Super Sprint scorer

Ross Doyle said the success of Ginger Nut in Saturday's Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury gives him renewed excitement to head back to the yearling sales, with the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale in Doncaster a little over a month away.

Ginger Nut was purchased by Doyle and his father Peter for only £23,000 from last year's Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale and was a cosy winner of Saturday's £122,925 first prize in the hotly-contested Newbury feature.

Remarkably, the Doyle team has purchased three of the last ten winners of the race, which is restricted to horses bought from specific sales for no more than £63,000 and sees weight allocated based on their sale price.

Weatherbys Super Sprint result and replay

Monsieur Chevalier won the 2009 renewal having been picked up for 17,000 guineas at Tattersalls Book 3 in 2008, while Tiggy Wiggy, bought for £41,000 at Doncaster, won in 2014 en route to Group 1 glory.

"We've been lucky over the years, myself and Richard [Hannon, trainer] and our fathers before us," said Ross Doyle. "They were always looking for these type of horses and we've just tried to continue it on and keep the process pretty similar.

"We're lucky too to have such a great bunch of owners, who allow us to go and by these horses mainly on spec and then take them on trust, so it's great that Ginger Nut has gone and done the business now. She didn't cost a lot and she's gone and won a big pot."

Doyle added: "The ultimate satisfaction comes from buying Group 1 winners but this gives us massive satisfaction. It's great for Doncaster Sales too and for Alice Fitzgerald, who bred the filly, and Richard Hannon's team have done a massive job."

The result was a particularly satisfying one for the Doyles, who bought Ginger Nut's sire Sir Prancealot for €140,000 from the 2011 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale and subsequently brokered the deal that sent him to Tally-Ho Stud following his racing career.

"We have had huge success from him, so it's a great story all around," said Doyle.

The Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale gets underway on August 28 and Doyle will once again be on the hunt for top talent, with the Super Sprint naturally on his mind.

On sourcing a potential winner of the £250,000 race, he said: "There are loads of very good people out there, a huge amount of great judges in our game and a lot of us are looking for the same thing, so you need a bit of luck as well, but you want a good-looking, correct horse with a good attitude.

"The minute we get a good feeling from a horse, that does it for us. We don't try to go back too many times for one we really like - we like to go with our gut feeling."

He added: "The year has flown around but this just gives you a good feeling to get back there now when a filly like this wins a Super Sprint."

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