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POSTED ON MAY 7, 2008 SACRED KINGDOM IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SPRINTER SACRED KINGDOM (42) is officially the world's highest rated sprinter. And he showed why when taking the Group 2 Gome Sprint at Sha Tin. Sacred Kingdom's jockey settled him in fifth place early behind the strong early pace and seemed far more concerned with steering away from traffic problems rather than saving ground or race tactics. It looked clear he felt the horse could win easily however the race panned out as long as he simply avoided trouble. And he was right. A gap opened entering the straight, Sacred Kingdon took it, quickly scooted up on the outside of the field and accelerated away to win while only being ridden with hands and heels. You don't often see a horse win a Group 2 sprint so cheekily and record such a fast time. So I just wonder how fast Sacred Kingdom could go if he was really pushed. Sacred Kingdom is a muscular, well proportioned really classy sort that actually has the physique of a horse that could go beyond short sprint trips. In fact he did run second to the very smart Good Ba Ba over seven furlongs in a Group 1 the only time he went beyond six furlongs. So far Sacred Kingdom has won ten of his twelve starts over five and six furlongs. One of his losses was an unlucky short head loss to the high class Absolute Champion where he met heavy traffic problems. The other was an inexplicably bad fourth place finish which was followed by a lay-off. If Sacred Kingdom makes the journey to Royal Ascot he's going to be horribly tough to beat.
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