Sheer poetry - Birkett lands Coral Sprint as Intisaab proves king of kings

Luck always balances itself out in the end, although plenty of punters may have given up on Intisaab before he finally proved the point.

The Racing Post close-ups on his previous four outings were a catalogue of hard-luck stories - two 'not clear runs', one 'not much room' and a 'bit tight for room'.

That's how it goes in the hurly-burly of competitive sprint handicaps but the cards finally dropped right for him in the £100,000 Coral Sprint Trophy and he gave Shelley Birkett the richest win of her career.