Talking Horses: Art Power can upset sprint star Battaash in Nunthorpe


Art Power looked every inch a Group One horse in the making at Royal Ascot and can pull off the shock of the season at York

Battaash is without doubt one of the fastest five-furlong horses of recent decades and will inevitably start at cramped odds as he attempts to win the Nunthorpe Stakes for the second year running at York on Friday.

Like many top sprinters, though, he often ends up beating much the same field from one race to the next. Not so this time, when Tim Easterby’s Art Power (3.15) promises to be a fascinating fresh opponent for Charlie Hills’s gelding.

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Salisbury 12.20 Twilight Song 12.50 Party Island 1.25 Late Arrival
1.55 Breckland 2.25 Song Of The Isles 2.55 Seventh Kingdom 3.25 Rewaayat 3.55 Dono Di Dio 4.25 Oud Metha Bridge

York 1.45 Zabeel Champion (nb) 2.15 Enbihaar 2.45 Mohawk King (nap) 3.15 Art Power 3.45 Tawleed 4.15 Asiaaf 4.50 Easteern World

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