Zigazig Ah targets Weatherbys Super Sprint after Yarmouth maiden win

Zigazig Ah moved from maiden winner to live Weatherbys Super Sprint candidate in the space of one afternoon at Yarmouth, where she won a 6f fillies’ maiden by a length under Saffie Osborne. Richard Spencer is now lining up the 2-year-old for Newbury’s £275,000 sales race on July 18, a far more exacting test over 5f 34y.

The case for the move is built on progression rather than flash. Zigazig Ah had already shown ability when second on debut over 6f 1y at Lingfield on June 4, and her Yarmouth run sharpened that profile: she travelled well enough to get the job done, handled the conditions and looked more polished than she did first time out. Spencer’s view is that she is still learning, was still a bit keen, and should improve from the experience, which is exactly the kind of language trainers use when a juvenile starts to look like she can keep climbing.

That makes the Super Sprint an intriguing next step. Newbury’s race is for 2-year-olds who were bought for £65,000 or less at the sales, with 1lb taken off for every £5,000 below that ceiling and a 5lb allowance for fillies. The 2026 racecard lists 25 runners, a winner’s prize of £135,218 and total prize money of £275,000, which is why even a single maiden win can quickly turn into a serious target if the numbers and the handicap mark line up.

Zigazig Ah appears to fit that template. The bay filly, foaled on February 10, 2024, is by Rajasinghe out of Rebel Surge by Kodiac and races for Phil Cunningham, with Spencer training her from Newmarket. She would go into the Super Sprint off a handy mark of 8st 4lb, which makes the idea of taking a shot at Newbury look more than speculative. The horse is not being asked to jump straight from novice company into deep waters on raw reputation alone; she has already shown she can improve from one run to the next.

There is also a familiar Rebel Racing backdrop to the move. Cunningham bought Albert House Stables in 2016, expanded to Sefton Lodge in 2018, and teamed up with Spencer to win the Coventry Stakes with Rajasinghe in their first full season together. That history explains why an improving juvenile like Zigazig Ah is being moved quickly when the signs are right.