Mrs Danvers provides the right result for popular sales race

THE romance races like yesterday’s Weatherbys Super Sprint were designed to provide was alive and kicking at Newbury as a 92-strong syndicate toasted big-race success with bargain-basement filly Mrs Danvers.

With £250,000 on offer for the lucrative sales race and weights distributed based on sale prices, they offer a chance for those owners not blessed with deep pockets and horses not necessarily bred in the purple to scoop a share of the Saturday limelight.

Admittedly, plenty of yesterday’s winning syndicate members who made up the Turf Club 2014 might be accustomed to some of the finer things in life, but with a first prize of £122,925 heading their way, the joy was undiluted, with celebrations promising to go deep into last night.