Newbury: Super Sprint success for trainer Jack Jones as Caburn triumphs

Jack Jones registered the biggest success of his training career as Caburn struck late in the Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes at Newbury.

A winner over six furlongs at Brighton on debut, the son of Twilight Son was dropped back to the minimum distance for this valuable prize, exiting the stalls a 12/1 chance for victory in the hands of Dylan Hogan.

Hogan was niggling along on his mount as Hollie Doyle aboard Vingegaard burst out of the pack and made a bid for home two furlongs out.

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Vingegaard was still going strong deep inside the final furlong, but Hogan had weaved his way through the pack and was conjuring up a strong finish from his mount, with Caburn hitting top gear when it mattered to edge to a neck success over Archie Watson's 4/1 second favourite.

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Newmarket-based Jones admitted he was somewhat in shock as he begins to dream of even bigger days ahead for his game winner.

Jones said: "It's unreal, it's my biggest winner by a country mile and I'm lost for words you could say.

"It didn't look likely at half way and he was always going to run in the race given the prize-money and the horse's profile, but my one obvious doubt would have been the drop back to five furlongs.

"I think it was going to be one of those where if he ran in it and looked like he wants six, we can do that next time. To win as he did was fantastic and he's only going to be better going back up to six furlongs and maybe even seven by the end of the year."

He went on: "I entered him in the Gimcrack last week and I think that is the obvious next step.

"Steve Antram, the main shareholder, approached me in the autumn and wanted to buy a yearling we could sell as a breeze-up horse. He was working very well in the spring and I said he wants to be making quite a bit of money to let him go, and thankfully they listened to me and let me run him and here we are.

"It's fantastic. It's my second full season and to get a horse like this hopefully gets us noticed and gets us some more owners and better horses. I'm delighted with how things are going and it is now all about taking the business to the next step."

Following the race, Hogan was handed an 11-day ban by the stewards for improper riding and causing "considerable interference".

However, Jones was full of praise for the 29-year-old who was also enjoying a day in the spotlight and has long been by the winning trainer's side.

Jones added: "If you park the ban to one side, Dylan has been a huge part of my team from day dot.

"He rode my first winner for me and doesn't get the chances on Saturdays like some.

"He needs a special mention really as he's done a lot of work with this horse, he rode him in the breeze-up and he's not Oisin Murphy or James Doyle, but it is nice for him to get a chance to enjoy a win like this on the big stage.

"He deserves it and he's shown there he's as good and as able as anyone else when given the opportunity and the right tools. He's not let us down and I'm delighted for him."

Elite Status too good for Hackwood field

Elite Status thrived once again at Newbury as he claimed the Fidelity Energy Hackwood Stakes in taking fashion.

Always held in high regard as a two-year-old, Karl Burke's colt made a winning return over track and trip in the Carnarvon Stakes earlier in the season.

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He missed the chance to scoop Royal Ascot honours in the Commonwealth Cup due to a late setback, but gained compensation in this Group Three event.

Able to track the pace set by Quinault and Regional, Clifford Lee was always travelling powerfully aboard the 5/2 favourite and once making his move for home, he had more than enough in hand to hold off the fast-finishing Ascot runner-up Lake Forest.

Phantom takes Flight for Scott and Shepherd

Jockey Callum Shepherd enjoyed more Saturday success as Phantom Flight went one better than last year to claim the Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Steventon Stakes at Newbury.

Second to William Haggas' Al Aasy 12 months ago, the five-year-old was making his seasonal return in the Listed race, which was also his first outing since being gelded and for new trainer George Scott.

Having made the running when vanquished last year, Shepherd was happy to let 6/5 favourite Alyanaabi go forward before asking the 16/1 outsider of five to move to the lead approaching the final furlong.

Al Aasy gave chase late in the day, but there was no denying Phantom Flight as he kept on resolutely for a one-length success.

The winner sports the same red silks of Victorious Racing that Isle Of Jura carried to success at Royal Ascot and he is likely to try to follow in the footsteps of Scott's stable star by venturing to Bahrain later in the year via the Coral Glorious Stakes at Goodwood on August 3.

Scott said: "We've been really pleased with him since he came to us, he arrived in great condition and we decided to geld him and his work is pleasing.

"He's a horse who doesn't take much training, he just has an amazing stride and a great way of going.

"It might sound crazy as the outsider of the field, but I wasn't surprised to see him win. He's got a lot of quality and back form, he was bought for the Bahrain International and that looks the perfect race for him down the line.

"He will try to emulate Isle Of Jura I guess, but he will run a couple of times more before going [to Bahrain].

"There's a Group Three at Goodwood on the Saturday which is for four-year-olds and up which looks a really good spot for him and he will fit in a race like that nicely. I think he will like the track and if he comes out of this nicely, I think he will go for that."

Temporize pulled out all the stops in the Metal UK Handicap, as Haggas and owners Shadwell had to settle for second once again with Naqeeb.

Given a fine ride by Connor Beasley, Syd Hosie's five-year-old was always towards the fore and showed real toughness when challenged late inside the final furlong.

The 10/1 winner will now head to Goodwood to try to win the Coral Goodwood Handicap two years running before taking another shot at the Cesarewitch in the autumn.

Hosie said: "It was great and we ran him from the front today. I was worried he might have got caught but I said to Connor 'turn him loose three out' and it was a cracking run from the horse.

"Connor gave him a great ride and he won the Northumberland Plate recently, so he's clearly good at these staying races isn't he. His timing was impeccable there on the front-end today.

"He'll go back to the Goodwood two-mile-four race which he won last year and then we will probably got and have another crack at the Cesarewitch and ride him a bit differently.

"His shoes came off in the race last year and he has better feet this year as well, so it would be nice to have a proper crack at it this year."