Party time for Bunting

BLUE Bunting set herself up for a potential third Classic victory in the Ladbrokes St Leger after again demonstrating an iron will to win in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks yesterday.

Party time for Bunting
Fri, 19 Aug, 2011 - 01:00
Tom Peacock

The filly’s appetite for a battle has underpinned her season as she scrapped out the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, and then the Irish Oaks.

She would not succumb to the lengthy attentions of Vita Nova on the Knavesmire to finish on top by three-quarters of a length.

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