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- Updated: August 24, 2016
Alpha Delphini will attempt to follow in the esteemed hoofprints of half-brother Tangerine Trees by winning the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday.
The locally-owned Tangerine Trees landed the big Listed dash in 2011 before going on to secure Group One glory in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp for the Bryan Smart team.
Like his former stablemate, Alpha Delphini was bred, and is partly-owned, by Beverley resident Marie Matthews.
The five-year-old gelding arrives at Beverley for the £50,000 Bullet on top of his game, having won valuable sprint handicaps at York and Ascot in July.
North Yorkshire-based Smart said: “Because of his half-brother and Marie’s connection, it will be some story if he wins.
“He’s in great order and he deserves to have a crack at a race like this.
“He won his maiden at Beverley and stays five …
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