DAVID NICHOLLS’ Midas touch with his army of sprinters paid dividends again at York yesterday as a rejuvenated Bahamian Pirate landed the £200,000 Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes.

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Andrew Oldcorn, joint overnight leader in the Compass Group English Open, has been named as the European tour’s Asprey and Garrard golfer of the month for May.