Andrew Newton assesses the flying five furlongs at York

This month’s Group One Nunthorpe Stakes is another of the feature contests at the four-day York Ebor Festival –a race that some of the best sprinters on the planet often target.
Run over the minimum trip (5f) and staged this year on Friday, August 20, all eyes will once again be on the popular Charles Hills-trained Battaash, who has won the last two renewals.
If successful again, the 7-year-old Battaash, will join both Tag End and Sharpo, who have landed this prize three times each, but if lining up will also need to...