{"id":55207,"date":"2025-08-09T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/55207\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:31:07","slug":"shes-bombproof-and-she-runs-ger-lyons-books-54-year-old-joe-fanning-for-nunthorpe-favourite-lady-iman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/55207\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;She&#8217;s bombproof and she runs&#8217; &#8211; Ger Lyons books 54-year-old Joe Fanning for Nunthorpe favourite Lady Iman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\">The youngest horse and the oldest jockey are set to team up for an unlikely partnership in the <a target=\"_self\" data-testid=\"Link__02__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"coolmore-nunthorpe-stakes\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/racecards\/107\/york\/2025-08-22\/897471\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes<\/a> on August 22 as Ger Lyons has booked 54-year-old Joe Fanning to ride exciting two-year-old filly <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__04__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"lady-iman\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/profile\/horse\/7324738\/lady-iman\/form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lady Iman<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">Lady Iman was last seen scampering clear of her rivals to land the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, but Lyons had been lukewarm on running her against older horses at York ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__2__GlideArticleBody\">However, the filly&#8217;s owner Roger O&#8217;Callaghan is keen on the race, and Lyons is set to give into him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb0b4133-2 cgVXXE\">Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to 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