Why Battaash might not be the only superstar sprinter at the Hills yard
Bill Barber gets the lowdown for 2020 from a trainer who has a knack for speed
Charlie Hills has the highest-rated sprinter in the world in his yard in Battaash, but that is far from the end of the talent at his disposal this year when it comes to the speed events.
Battaash is still the undoubted stable star at Wetherdown House and will not have to worry about Blue Point when he bids to finally add the King's Stand Stakes to his impressive haul of victories.
Yet in addition Hills has Khaadem, who looked a horse with a big future when scorching home in the Stewards' Cup in 2019, and Equilateral, who was in good form at Meydan earlier in the year, while he can also welcome back the veteran sprinter Magical Memory after two years off with injury.
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