Overview
- Pershaada produced a decisive two-length victory in the Veuve Clicquot Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday, confirming the form she showed at Royal Ascot.
- Trainer Richard Hannon said the result makes a tilt at the Coolmore City Of Troy Nunthorpe Stakes at York a real possibility for the two-year-old.
- Connections would need to pay a £40,000 supplementary fee by August 15 to enter Pershaada in the Nunthorpe on August 21, and a final decision is pending.
- The win delivered first stakes success for first-season sire Persian Force, boosting the stallion’s profile and likely increasing demand for his early crops.
- Bred by Tally-Ho Stud and bought for 88,000gns by Peter and Ross Doyle from Tattersalls Book 1, Pershaada follows a line of quick juveniles and evokes family precedent after Richard Hannon Sr.'s juvenile Nunthorpe winner Lyric Fantasy.