2025 Sprint Cup Ante-Post Tips - 16/1 shot can bloom at rainy Haydock

Jon Vine

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Last updated: Sat 06 Sep 2025 08:39

Jon Vine 06 Sep 2025

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Ante-post tips for the 2025 Sprint Cup
This Group One takes place at Haydock on September 6th
Flora Of Bermuda is our early tip at 16/1

Flora Of Bermuda (centre, left) challenging Inisherin (right) in the Duke Of York Stakes. (Getty)

We've put up an early selection for the 2025 Sprint Cup, which takes place at Haydock Park on September 6th.

Next Saturday's main event is the Sprint Cup, a Group One sprint that's been won by plenty of classy horses down the years. Today, I've taken a look at the ante-post market and picked out my best betting tips.

2025 Sprint Cup Ante-Post Tip - Flora Of Bermuda

Rain has been forecast in the Merseyside area every day next week, meaning the ground at Haydock on Sprint Cup day will likely be soft, at best. Conditions should be ideal for FLORA OF BERMUDA (16/1), and I'd be shocked if Andrew Balding's filly didn't go off at a single-figure price.

Oisin Murphy's mount endured a luckless passage after being supplemented into this race 12 months ago. Flora Of Bermuda broke unusually well and was one of the last to come off the bridle. However, fading front-runner Givemethebeatboys landed on her lap and Flora Of Bermuda had to muscle past Inisherin to find clean air, but her flying finish was only good enough for fifth.

Having rounded off her three-year-old campaign with a narrow defeat in the Champions Sprint, Flora Of Bermuda ran a blinder to finish a neck behind Inisherin on her reappearance at York. Despite the ground being firmly against her, Balding's filly then ran a mighty race in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, recovering well after a poor start to finish third behind Lazzat and Satono Reve.

Murphy's mount reared in the stalls at the start of the July Cup and made no progress from the rear on rapid ground. Balding has kept his filly off the track since then, presumably to target big autumn races like the Sprint Cup and Champion Sprint - as this likeable sprinter has always done her best work on genuinely soft ground.

Verdict

Flora Of Bermuda is our ante-post tip for the 2025 Sprint Cup.

Flora Of Bermuda

2025 Sprint Cup

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