Nannina crowned queen in Coronation

A PROLONGED winter and a deluge of rain at Newmarket may have denied Nannina a Classic success but the Group-one winning juvenile rewarded connections with a brilliant display in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

John Gosden warned before the 1000 Guineas that the Cheveley Park Stud-owned filly was woolly in her coat and overnight rain which turned the ground soft at Headquarters put paid to her chance, with the daughter of Medicean finishing just 12th of the 13 runners.

But with another six weeks to blossom, Nannina marked herself out as the leading three-year-old filly over a mile with her authoritative defeat of four Guineas winners in Speciosa (English), Lolita (German), Nightime (Irish), Vague (UAE), as well as Price Tag, first past the position the French equivalent.