Phoenix Sprint an option for The Tin Man James Fanshawe is considering coming to Ireland with Saturday's impressive Newbury winner The Tin Man. The son of Equiano progressed from handicaps to finish an excellent fourth in the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot last term and could hardly have been more impressive on his seasonal debut at Windsor in May. He was a shade disappointing in the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot, but got back on track in the Hackwood Stakes and while Fanshawe is in no rush to commit to future targets, he is not ruling out letting his star sprinter head to the Curragh for the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club Phoenix Sprint Stakes on August 7th. "He pulled out fine this morning and we'll just play it by ear as to what we do next. We'll see how the horse is in the next week or 10 days and go from there," said the Newmarket handler. "He is in the race at York (Nunthorpe, August 19th) and he's also in the Phoenix Sprint at the Curragh. "The races I really want to go for are the Sprint Cup at Haydock (September 3rd) and the Champions Sprint at Ascot (October 15th), those are the races I'm targeting, so it's just a case of where we go in between. "He's never run over five (furlongs), but he doesn't lack speed and Equiano was effective over five. I just think the way six-furlong races are run suits him."
