Home comfort for Bastiman (From The Northern Echo): "ROBIN Bastiman brought the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes 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 last summer when Borderlescott provided his first success at the top level. 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 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 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"
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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