Border seals Nunthorpe double

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 – but 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 though, and provided the rattling quick ground which suits his seven-year-old so well.