LIFT THE SPIRITS

Stamina test will suit Cup hopeful

- By The Scout (Melissa Jones)

SPIRITS BAY (2.25) can put punters in paradise by swooping late for the £100,000 Betfair Imperial Cup at Sandown Park.

The Nigel Twiston-Davies trainee appreciates a stiff test of stamina at two miles and that is what he should get on the outskirts of London today.

Unexposed in big fields, my selection went into the notebook via an eye-catching Cheltenham fifth behind a couple of these in December.

Starting at much longer odds than Wreckless Eric (second), Bo Zenith (third) and To Chase A Dream (fourth), Spirits Bay made rapid headway with two flights to cross.