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Asfoora also triumphed in the 2024 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot
Steve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport journalist
Australia's Asfoora surged clear to win the Nunthorpe Stakes on day three of the Ebor meeting at York.
The seven-year-old mare, trained by Henry Dwyer and ridden by champion jockey Oisin Murphy, followed the early pace set by Karl Burke's Night Raider.
With just over a furlong to go, Asfoora powered away to finish a length and a quarter clear of Kevin Ryan's 100-1 outsider Ain't Nobody and William Knight's Frost At Dawn, who was third. Night Raider took fourth.
"It was perfect. She got a nice run [into the race] from Night Raider and I allowed her to go forward," Murphy told ITV Racing.
"She travelled very well and the track is quite quick which suits her. She was electric."
It is the second top-level victory for Asfoora, who also triumphed in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot last year.
