Stepper Point turns the clock back with battling win

Stepper Point (nearside), beating Mecca's Angel at the Curragh 21 month ago, burst back to form under Martin Dwyer at Windsor on Monday

Stepper Point (nearside), beating Mecca's Angel at the Curragh 21 months ago, burst back to form under Martin Dwyer at Windsor on MondayCredit: Caroline Norris

Stepper Point, second to Sole Power in a King's Stand and a Nunthorpe in his pomp three years ago, showed he was no back number winning on his first visit to the track.

The eight-year-old won a Group 3, beating Mecca's Angel, the following season but, as trainer William Muir explained, the sprinter suffered a fibrillating heart when pulled up behind that flying filly in the Nunthorpe.

"I told his owner it would take two years to get him back," said Muir, having had a similar experience with another sprinter Averti and pointing to Sprinter Sacre's resurrection.

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Published on 24 April 2017inReports

Last updated 20:40, 24 April 2017

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