Overview
- Asfoora, trained by Henry Dwyer, captured the Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes by a length and a quarter under Oisin Murphy.
- Long shot Ain't Nobody finished second at 100-1, with Frost At Dawn taking third in the five-furlong dash.
- Dwyer had framed the race as “win or be retired,” and the result keeps the seven-year-old in training for the remainder of the European season.
- Connections have pencilled in the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh next month, with France’s Prix de l'Abbaye under consideration afterward.
- The success made Asfoora only the second Australian-trained Nunthorpe winner since Ortensia 13 years ago, in a season that has frequently produced unpredictable sprint outcomes.