HIT The Bid, a 20/1 outsider from the Darren Bunyan stable, set the trend for major upsets in the three main races at Cork last Sunday when nabbing the honours in the Listed Midsummer Sprint Stakes to prevail for rider Leigh Roche by three-quarters of a length from market ‘springer’ Go Kart.

The Exceed And Excel colt had travelled to Chantilly for his last outing in a Group 2 event two weeks earlier but unfortunately, as his Curragh handler explained: “There was a delay of nearly 20 minutes because another horse pulled a shoe off. Our lad boiled over at the start, but was only beaten seven lengths and he ran a blinder.