Saturday, Haydock, Britain
BETFRED.COM TEMPLE S.-G2, £80,000, Haydock Park, 5-26, 3yo/up, 5fT, :56.39 (NTR), fm.
1-- @ BATED BREATH (GB), 130, h, 5, by Dansili (GB)
        1st Dam: Tantina (MSW & GSP-Eng), by Distant View
        2nd Dam: Didina (GB), by Nashwan
        3rd Dam: Didicoy, by Danzig
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Roger Charlton; J-George Baker; £45,368. Lifetime Record: 15-6-3-1, £317,110. *1/2 to Cityscape (GB) (Selkirk), Hwt. Older Horse-Ire at 7-9.5f, G1SW-UAE, MGSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-HK & Ity, $3,449,270. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Sole Power (GB), 130, g, 5, Kyllachy (GB)--Demerger, by Distant View. (32,000gns yrl '08 DONSEP). O-Mrs S Power; B-G Russell; T-Edward Lynam; £17,200.
3--Spirit Quartz (Ire), 130, g, 4, Invincible Spirit (Ire)--Crystal Gaze (Ire), by Rainbow Quest. (105,000gns 2yo '10 TATAPR; £5,500 HIT '10 DONNOV). O-T W Morley & Mrs J Morley; B-Ballygallon Stud Limited; T-Robert Cowell; £8,608.   
Margins: NK, 3HF, HD. Odds: 2-1, 3-1, 14-1.
Also Ran: Borderlescott (GB), Confessional (GB), Elusivity (Ire), Tangerine Trees (GB), Masamah (Ire), Bapak Chinta, Best Terms (GB), Monsieur Joe (Ire), Swiss Dream (GB). Scratched: Medicean Man (GB).
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   Tried only once previously over five furlongs, Bated Breath showed that he possesses more than an average share of speed to finally score in pattern company and set a new course record in the process. A narrow runner-up in each of last year's G1 July Cup, G1 Haydock Sprint Cup and GI Nearctic S. all over six panels, the homebred encountered ground easier than ideal when ninth in the G1 Nunthorpe S. over this trip at York in August and had little realistic chance when drawn in the 12 hole in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint. Despite that negative, the bay showed the kind of early pace at Sha Tin--where he was beaten just over three lengths in eighth--to suggest he would not be overawed by this speed test. After a wet spring held up his reappearance, the drying conditions due to the mini British heatwave played into his hands and it was evident from an early stage here that he was in his element. Taking a keen tug in the hands of George Baker just off the furious early pace set in part by last year's G1 Prix de l'Abbaye hero Tangerine Trees (GB) (Mind Games {GB}), he was allowed to stride to the front approaching the furlong pole and had first run on Sole Power. That proved decisive, as last year's winner pushed him all the way to the line and clear of the remainder to crack the track record. "If he had something to track, he would have made it a little easier on himself, but he's really stamped himself as belonging at the top now," the owner-breeder's Racing Manager Teddy Grimthorpe said. "We were doubtful last year whether this trip would see him at his best, but after seeing how he got to the turn in front of all those good sprinters in Hong Kong, we knew we would have the pace for this. He wouldn't want it too soft and loves this fast ground, so the G1 King's Stand S. [at Royal Ascot June 19] would loom a bit larger than the [June 23] G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at the moment. That might be an interesting option, as he needs Group 1 racing, and after Ascot we'll try and end up at the G1 Nunthorpe S. [at York Aug. 24] with the G1 July Cup [at Newmarket July 14] on the way. But I suppose there is a little bit of a shadow hanging over us from Australia." His rider, who was deputising for the stable number one James Doyle, added, "He's got a high cruising speed and is a class act--he was traveling all over them, and I don't think they could have gone any quicker up front. He wasn't pulling up in front, but I'd have liked to have cover for longer. It was very quick out there today, and he made it feel like lovely ground."