Sixteen Sprint Cup runners, four previous Group 1 winners - whose turn is it next?
Remove Kinross from the Sprint Cup equation and this bunch's accomplishments begin to look quite ordinary. We have only four pieces of Group 1-winning form across 16 runners and that's a paltry return.
The figures look even worse for the older generation. Art Power is the only Group 1 winner among the eight British older sprinters and achieved that success in the autumn of his six-year-old campaign on his 15th start at the highest level. Art Power's two subsequent runs in such races yielded form figures of 04, outlining the topsy-turvy nature of the division.
Irish raider Moss Tucker, last season’s Flying Five scorer who is best known as a 5f horse, is the other Group 1 winner from that age group. He was a five-year-old making his 30th start that day to further emphasise modern sprinting’s unpredictability.
Read the full story
Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.
Subscribe to unlock
- Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)
- Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing
- Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy
- Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses
- Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker
- Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data
Already a subscriber?Log in
- 5.40 Naas: 'He's just ready to start and will get much further' - O'Brien expects 2,000,000gns yearling to improve for racecourse debut
- 3.42 Ayr: can course-and-distance winner Aviemore follow up last week's Chester romp in feature handicap?
- Will David Dunsdon record his first British win in nine years after Galway heroics? Punting pointers for Thursday's racing
- 3.23 Sandown: can Champions Day-bound Checkandchallenge take advantage of a drop in class for course specialist William Knight?
- Can Cheltenham winner return to form now back with Gordon Elliott? Punting pointers for Wednesday's racing
- 5.40 Naas: 'He's just ready to start and will get much further' - O'Brien expects 2,000,000gns yearling to improve for racecourse debut
- 3.42 Ayr: can course-and-distance winner Aviemore follow up last week's Chester romp in feature handicap?
- Will David Dunsdon record his first British win in nine years after Galway heroics? Punting pointers for Thursday's racing
- 3.23 Sandown: can Champions Day-bound Checkandchallenge take advantage of a drop in class for course specialist William Knight?
- Can Cheltenham winner return to form now back with Gordon Elliott? Punting pointers for Wednesday's racing