Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) and Mill Stream (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) have been supplemented at a cost of £20,000 to take on Shaquille (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) in the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday.
A total of 23 speedsters are in contention for the six-furlong Group One, with the Julie Camacho-trained Shaquille very much the star attraction as he looks to add to his previous top-level wins this summer in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and the July Cup at Newmarket.
The George Boughey-trained Believing and Jane Chapple-Hyam's Mill Stream are two interesting contenders after their respective connections decided to add them to the field.
Believing has won two Listed races and a Group 3 this season and is one of two potential runners for the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing team along with Karl Burke's Spycatcher (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}), who was beaten a short head by King Gold (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville last month.
Mill Stream won a Listed race and a Group Three at the French track in August and fully merits his place in Group One company.
“Mill Stream has come out of his Deauville race in good order, so we have decided to take the opportunity to run him again while he is good form as there are no other options for him until Champions Day,” said Chapple-Hyam.
Ralph Beckett has left in both Kinross and Lezoo after on Sunday suggesting he is likely to rely upon the latter, while Aidan O'Brien could run Aesop's Fables and The Antarctic.
Other hopefuls include Ed Bethell's Regional, the William Haggas-trained Sacred and July Cup runner-up Run To Freedom from Henry Candy's yard.
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