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BETHELL'S CHARGE AIMED AT BULLET SPRINT STAKES
The Journal
|August 30, 2025
REGIONAL can hit the target as he takes aim at the William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes today.
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Ed Bethell’s stable star was a Group One winner when taking the Haydock Sprint Cup in 2023, and although he has not won since he has certainly never let connections down.
This year he has hit the frame in all of his four starts, finishing a close third in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan before filling the same spot in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot.
He was then third in the Hackwood and most recently fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest, a return to Group One level over a slightly extended six and a half furlongs.
This drop to Listed company represents far shallower waters, therefore, and he has plenty of experience over five furlongs having switched between the bare-minimum trip and six furlongs throughout his career.
He is a truly reliable sort who does not seem to be losing either pace or enthusiasm as a seven-year-old, and is very much the horse to beat in the Westwood feature, especially with first-time blinkers.
This story is from the August 30, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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