Bonnie Scott's double.ROBIN BASTIMAN brought the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August. home to Yorkshire as he saddled Borderlescott to successive wins in the Group One sprint on the final day of the Ebor meeting. The Wetherby trainer was rewarded for 40 years hard graft hard graft hard n by sheer hard graft → durch harte Arbeit hard graft n by sheer hard graft → lavorando da matti last summer when Borderlescott provided his first success at the top level but unfortunately for him, the race took place 160 miles south at Newmarket. The weather which caused last year's abandonment at York favoured Bastiman this time though, and provided the rattling quick ground which suits his seven-year-old so well. The 9-1 chance also got the lightning-fast pace which he craves and came with his challenge entering the final furlong The content may change substantially as more information becomes available. under Neil Callan to edge ahead of front-running Benbaun and deny his fellow Yorkshire rival by a neck. Radiohead, the sole juvenile in the 16-strong field, excelled himself by finishing strongly to be a length and a quarter down in third. Bastiman said: "This is my home ground and where I want to win races. "I only train eight miles from here and this is the Ascot of the north." |
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