20 for Nathaniel

Lady Bowthorpe is SW20 for Nathaniel after winning Sunday’s Gr3 Valiant Stakes (8f) at Ascot.

Last around the home turn, Lady Bowthorpe let down with a big finish to sweep home and defeat Farzeen (Farhh) by 4-3/4 lengths with Look Around (Kingman) a head away third.

A 82,000gns Tattersalls October yearling, Lady Bowthorpe is now the winner of three of her nine starts.

Lady Bowthorpe is a half-sister to Gr2 Greenlands Stakes at The Curragh winner Speak In Colours (Excelebration), their dam Maglietta Fina (Verglas), a five-time winning half-sister to Gr2 Sandown Mile winner Tullius (Le Vie Dei Colori).

Lady Bowthorpe’s granddam is by Kingmambo (Mr Prospector) and Gr1 winner Nathaniel has Italian Gr1 winner God Given out of a mare by Dubai Destination (Kingmambo).