Nunthorpe Stakes

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Wow, i didn't realise Kingsgaite Native (a 2yo) was going to run in the Nunthorpe, a very strange decision.

He won.

York 15:10 - Result
Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (group 1)
£220000 added, 2yo plus, 5f, Class 1, £132278 penalty, 16 ran
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places

15:50 16:25 17:00 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 13 Kingsgate Native (IRE) 8-1 J Quinn J R Best 2 12/1
opened 11/1 touched 10/1 £5000-£400
2 7 1¾ Desert Lord 9-11 D Holland K A Ryan 7 20/1

3 16 hd Dandy Man (IRE) 9-11 P Shanahan Tracey Collins 4 9/4 f
opened 5/2 touched 11/4 £11000-£4000 (x2) £5500-£2000 (x2) £7500-£3000 £2500-£1000 (x5) £4500-£2000 (x2)
4 2 ¾ Red Clubs (IRE) 9-11 M Hills B W Hills 4 7/1
opened 8/1 £8000-£1000 Each Way £5000-£600 Each Way £5000-£600 £2250-£300 Each Way
5 12 nk Wi Dud 9-9 T E Durcan K A Ryan 3 25/1
opened 33/1
6 8 s.h Hoh Mike (IRE) 9-9 J P Spencer M L W Bell 3 10/1
opened 9/1 touched 8/1 £4000-£400 Each Way
7 5 s.h Amadeus Wolf 9-11 N Callan K A Ryan 4 10/1
opened 12/1 £10000-£700 Each Way £5000-£400
8 10 ½ Sierra Vista 9-8 P Hanagan D W Barker 7 40/1
opened 33/1
9 15 hd Magnus (AUS) 9-11 K McEvoy Peter G Moody 5 6/1
touched 13/2 £6500-£1000 £3000-£450 (x2)
10 14 1 Beauty Is Truth (IRE) 9-6 T Thulliez R Collet 3 16/1
opened 14/1 £5000-£300 Each Way
11 4 ½ Moorhouse Lad 9-11 R L Moore B Smart 4 7/1
opened 8/1 £5000-£600
12 3 ¾ Celtic Mill 9-11 P Cosgrave D W Barker 9 100/1

13 1 1½ Green Manalishi 9-11 R Hughes K A Ryan 6 100/1
touched 80/1
14 6 3½ Mecca's Mate 9-8 T Hamilton D W Barker 6 100/1

15 17 1¾ The Tatling (IRE) 9-11 K Ghunowa J M Bradley 10 80/1

16 9 1¾ Reverence 9-11 K Darley E J Alston 6 14/1
£7000-£500 Each Way

Non-Runners
NR Enticing (IRE) 9-6 W J Haggas 3
NR Theann 9-6 J Murtagh A P O'Brien 3


Tote Win: £16.70 Tote Place: £4.90,£8.60,£1.70
Straight Forecast: £240.37 Exacta: £551.50 Trifecta: £4445.80

[NoChanceToDance]

Couldn't believe it....... fair play to his owners and trainer for running him though. The first 2yo to win the Nunthorpe since the brilliant Lyric Fantasy about 17 years ago!

I know he got a huge amount a weight because of his age, but that is some performance against the older horses.

Apparently Godolphin have made a £75 million bid for him (actually, i'm pretty sure he will be at Godolphin before long )

[NoChanceToDance]

Dandy Man is looking rather overrated now, i'm afraid to say. He had every chance today, and the ground looked quick enough for him.

[my miss storm cat]

How did Reverence look? Shocked to see he finished last...

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

How did Reverence look? Shocked to see he finished last...

Ground was against him today (he loves it really soft). If the Nunthorpe was run on the Tuesday he may have done better.

It was found after the race that Reverence had burst a bllod vessel. I hope this doesn't become regular for him, once they start to bleed in races, some of them never stop. His love for soft turf would rule out a move to America, too

[saratogabrit]

Props to Jimmy Quinn for landing a Group 1 victory

[my miss storm cat]

Racing Post.....


US date a possibility for Reverence (Yea!!!!!)

by David Lawrence


RACES in the US are being discussed byconnections of star sprinter Reverence now that veterinary tests have revealed the Eric Alston-trained six-year-old was not suffering from a virus when he bled in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York last week.

Reverence was examined by vets after coming homelast of 16 and, as no infection has come to light to explain the gelding's setback, Alston and owner Gary Middlebrook have to decide whether to race him again this year or put him away until next season.

Longchamp's Prix de l'Abbaye in October remains a possible target but, with that Group 1 only a month away, several later alternatives across the Atlantic are being considered for last year's Nunthorpe Stakes and Betfred Sprint Cup winner.

Alston said on Friday: "The vets have established there's no virus on Reverence, so now we've got to decide whether to put him away until next season, prepare him for the Prix de l'Abbaye or think about a race in America.
"In a way, we were hoping to discover some sort of infection, as that would have explained the bleeding, but there isn't any, so we'll have to put it down as a one-off, build him up again and hope there isn't a recurrence."

Alston added: "We've done all the tests we need to do now, so it's just a matter of making the decisionto rough him off or keep him going for another month or two.

"If we decide to aim for the Abbaye, we've got a month, and if we go to America, that gives us until November. We'll talk about it at the weekend and work from there but, in the end, the horse will be the one telling us what we really need to know."

Middlebrook said: "We haven't completely discounted the Abbaye, but I'd say it's unlikely, because it's not that far off and you wouldn't want to run a horse as good as Reverence too soon after having a problem.

"If he's okay to run again this season, and if we bypass the Abbaye, then there are five or six possible options for him in America, including a Grade 2 race on turf in November."