One of the most impressive winners of the prestigious Lincoln H. in recent times, Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) looked every inch a pattern-race performer there and he gets the chance to prove it in Friday's G2 bet365 Mile at Sandown. Having beaten the smart Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper) with an ease rarely seen in such a competitive handicap in testing ground at Doncaster on Mar. 24, the progressive 4-year-old has trainer William Haggas hoping he can take high rank among the milers this term. “He seems very well. It is a big step up in class, but we think he is ready to try something like this,” he said. “I was impressed at the time when he won the Lincoln. I've seen it again and I was impressed again. He did it very well.”
This renewal features the usual stalwarts of the division, with Fitri Hay's surprise G1 Sussex S. winner Here Comes When (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) returning along with last year's Sandown Mile hero Sovereign Debt (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Here Comes When's trainer Andrew Balding said of the veteran, “He is in great form. Any more rain that falls will be to his advantage. He doesn't seem to know that he is getting older.”
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