Fran Berry offers his insight on the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday, while we have the Timeform predicted pace map and free video replays too.<\/p>\n
Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes – 3.35 York<\/p>\n
Click here for full racecard & free video form<\/a><\/p>\n A competitive renewal of the Nunthorpe with just 4lb separating the top seven in the ratings and while there is no standout sprinter we do look set for a good race. Asfoora tops the ratings with Rumstar, Frost At Dawn, Jm Jungle, Arizona Blaze and Mgheera just in behind. Smart juvenile Lady Iman tops the market but she has a bit to do on ratings even when the weight-for-age is taken into account.<\/p>\n Fran Berry Insight<\/p>\n In a year with no outstanding sprinter the Nunthorpe has ended up an open race with a lot of angles to go at.<\/p>\n It\u2019s great to see the juvenile Lady Iman in here who bids to follow up her Goodwood success under Joe Fanning off a really light weight and she\u2019s a very fast filly with a great mindset.<\/p>\n She proved she has the mentality to come back from defeat and win and she perhaps idled in front at Goodwood, but I was taken by how she travelled through the race.<\/p>\n Stall number four looks a good spot for her and she heads a strong Irish challenge which you wouldn\u2019t often say in the sprints over the last few years.<\/p>\n She\u2019s Quality has run to a very high level in all of her starts this year and has been second many times, but there\u2019s nothing wrong with her attitude.<\/p>\n For me, though, ARIZONA BLAZE is the bet in the race for Adrian Murray. He got beat in the sales race here last year over six furlongs when he was a short-priced favourite and he probably should\u2019ve won that day but he\u2019s improved enormously since then.<\/p>\n This season he has been running really well, finishing second in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, but he showed he has the pace for five when winning the Group 2 Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh last time in emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n Stall nine looks fine for him and he can be a rare Irish winner of the Nunthorpe in what looks a competitive renewal.<\/p>\n Timeform Pace Map<\/p>\n Pace Forecast: Extreme<\/p>\n Draw Bias: Favours Low<\/p>\n Specific Pace Hint: The likelihood that there is unlikely to be any let up in a very strong pace will probably benefit FROST AT DAWN rather than MGHEERA.<\/p>\n Individual Price Hint: SHE’S QUALITY was beaten last time out when trading at a quarter or less of her starting Betfair SP.<\/p>\n Free Video ReplaysJm Jungle, She’s Quality, Frost At Dawn – Goodwood 01\/08\/2025<\/p>\n Frost At Dawn, Asfoora, Kerdos, Washington Heights – Royal Ascot 17\/06\/2025Lady Iman – Goodwood 30\/07\/2025More from Sporting LifeSafer gambling<\/p>\n We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.<\/p>\n If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline \/ GamCare<\/a> on 0808 8020 133.<\/p>\n Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org<\/a> and gamblingtherapy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fran Berry offers his insight on the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday, while we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-86472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}