Speed demon Battaash has been hailed by Jim Crowley as the best horse he has ridden on the eve of York's Ebor meeting. Twelve months on from their demolition job on the Knavesmire, the unstoppable pair are reunited in Friday's Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes, part of the 2020 QIPCO British Champions Series.
Over one of the fastest five furlongs in the country, Crowley will be hoping there is a rival quick enough to lead the record-breaking six-year-old.
The former champion jockey says he has been a "passenger" on Battaash in full flow – including when he clocked a rapid 55.62 seconds for his fourth King George Qatar Stakes at Glorious Goodwood last time. "I have never really pushed a button until two furlongs out," Crowley said. "Those first
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