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Rhinoplasty got off the mark on Wednesday night. A very cheap purchase by Nick for just £9,000. She looked much the best horse throughout and won comfortably giving her owners a great thrill repaying their patience with her. 

We expect to see her out next at Leicester on September 20th over 6 furlongs in a 0-75 nursery.

We bought three Yearlings on Tuesday at the Somerville Sale. This is a sale that is renowned for finding value as Group 3 winner Eve Lodge and Chipotle, winner of the Windsor Castle Stakes  at Royal Ascot, were both sourced here in 2020. We bought fillies' by Territories, Showcasing (pictured above) and Gregorian. They were all sold out within 24 hours.We wish all their owners the very best and thank them for their continues support, 

We will be buying plenty of Yearlings on Tuesday 7th September to go into training with Georg Boughey. 

Corazon brought huge smiles to her owners faces yesterday when she won the Group 3 Prix D'Arenberg at Paris Longchamp. 

Both Corazon and Guilded were drawn in the plumb Stalls of 2 and 3. Longchamp's unique 5f course which takes place on the far side of the racecourse anti-clockwise from the usual round course starting points favours horses drawn in the low stalls.



Corazon broke smartly from the stalls and travelled on the front end throughout, one position off the rail from the joint favourite Dizzy Bizzu. From 2 furlongs out it looked as though Corazon could fade back through the field after she came under pressure however, she picked up and battled gamely seeing off any challengers.

Corazon won snuggly by 1/2 Length, she was purchased for just £11,000 from Tattersalls Ireland September Sale which means that she will have a fantastic return on investment for her owners

Corazon ran a cracking race on Tuesday evening to land the spoils at Lingfield. It was a great effort and a big step up on her debut run when she was too green to show her level of ability.

Corazon was able to break from the stalls and track the early pace, she got slightly outpaced due to experience round the bend. Gift Horse was able to get first kick in the straight but it wasn't enough as Corazon put the race to bed quickly to win well. 

Fast Response ran an outstanding race on Friday afternoon dropping back to 6 furlongs. Fast Company progeny do well running with cut in the ground and it was very clear that Fast Response relished the rain softened ground at Musselburgh. 

She travelled very well throughout the race and put the race to bed at the furlong pole. She won snugly at the line from the Dagleish trained filly by 3/4 of a length to secure another big win for NBR. 

Hopefully, Fast Response will have greater honours in the not too distance future. 

Nick Bradley Racing has organised it's end of season celebration and August Yearling Parade for the 29th AUGUST. 

All current and prospective Owners are welcome to visit Glebe Farm. 

Address:

Glebe Farm,

Horsegate Field Lane, 

Goxhill, 

North Lincs,

DN19 7NN

You are able to book into our open day via the link below:  https://nickbradleyracing.co.uk/open-days

Tuesday was a fantastic day for Nick Bradley Racing as Oscula made all to win her first Group race. The ground conditions were perfect for Oscula and Ryan Moore reported that the ground was riding Soft before the race.  

We were drawn well in stall 2 so it was a relatively easy job to get to the front. Oscula jumped very well from the stalls and Ryan got across the horse in stall 1 who was the only potential competition for the lead.

Hellomydarlin was a help for Oscula today as she got across Zellie and relegated her to further back in the field than her rider was probably hoping to be. Ryan kicked from the front and put distance between himself and the main market protagonists. 

Oscula tried her heart out all the way to the line and hit the line hard to score by a length. We are going to aim her towards the Group 2 Calvados Stakes now on August 21st but she could head to Ireland for the Debutante Group 2 Stakes on the same day again over 7 furlongs.

Clodovea found herself in the worst part of the track on Wednesday at Beverley. David Allan did an excellent job to switch her off and allow her to travel comfortably unlike the rest of the field who raced keenly. From where she was on the track David gave her a great ride to put her head infront in the final 50 yards.

Visually it looked as though she will be suited by a better gallop and she should only get put up a couple of pounds for that performance. We should therefore be able to keep her in a 0-60 grade for her next start.

Nurseclaire was very keen in the early stages of the race and early on it looked as though that she had done too much and wouldn't finish off her race.

Billy Garrity had to switch her to the outside and she stayed on nicely to go away and win with plenty of improvement to come.

We will see how she comes out of the race but she could be a candidate for the STAR Stakes at Sandown on 24th July over 7 furlongs.

A fantastic ride from Clifford Lee meant that Fast Response broke his maiden tag at the second time of asking on Monday night.

Fast Response broke smartly from the unfavourable draw in 2 and raced separately away from her 7 rivals. The decision of Clifford to run his race on the stand side rail allowed him to race in a straight line when tacking across to the far side rail whereas his rivals plotted a longer, more indirect route. Clifford was able to get her to the front and when he asked her to go and win the race she put it to bed before being eased down towards the line. There are a couple of listed races coming up which could be options for her at Newbury and Ascot. 

Sophie's Star landed her second career win on Friday night in emphatic style landing another £10,000 GBB Bonus for her owners. She showed plenty of speed and hit the line hard. We look forward to seeing her running in black type races moving forwards. 

Monday evening was rounded off in fine style with a 1-2 in the 6:15 Musselburgh. Bred at Glebe Farm, Lightening Gesture broke very nicely under Sam James and was able to race prominently behind the keen going first time blinkered, Fast Beauty. The Mark Johnston favourite gave Sam a nice position on the rail and as the race developed it was clear Lightening Gesture was travelling much the best. As they rounded into the straight he oozed class and put the race to bed nicely from the 2 furlong pole pulling away from the staying on Fille de la Lune by 5 lengths.

It was a special week at Royal Ascot despite the fact we didn’t have the glory of a treasured Royal Ascot winner. Royal Ascot is one of the hardest places to taste success and to have Dandalla, Eldrickjones and Oscula all place in their respective races is a huge achievement.

It has certainly been satisfying setting up our new Stakes Performances page on nickbradleyracing.co.uk/stakes-performances and seeing the amount of updates on the page just in 2021 alone. This is obviously huge credit to Nick for not only his purchasing of the horses but also his race planning in conduction with our trainers.

Moving forward for the rest of the year we hope to be able to add to our Stakes page and land more Group races in 2021 and beyond!

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Honey Sweet pulled away in great style on Sunday afternoon at Nottingham. The reports from Karl have been positive over the past few weeks but we were fully expecting our filly to come on for her debut. Breaking from stall 1 on the outside the original plan was to get cover however, when the field tacked over to the rail Clifford had to scupper our original plan of getting some cover and as a result we were green as we were racing on our own. Honey Sweet learned as the race went on and when Clifford gave her a slap inside the final two furlongs she put her head down to some degree and moved clear of the field. She will be targeted at Royal Ascot. 

We had plenty of confidence in our filly ahead of her debut run and whilst that was a bit disappointing, there were excuses and today's run has confirmed those excuses to be exactly that. Our filly broke well but ran green in the early stages of the race by ducking to her right. She showed plenty of early speed and took them along in the early stages of the race. She got a bit lonely in the closing stages of the race and Harrison said she was idling infront but we were fortunate to have our nose down on the line where it counted.

Brand new private purchase has been announced this evening. By Galileo Gold out of the mare Speed Freak. 

The gelded home bred son of Wooton Basset got off the mark on Saturday afternoon under Paul Hanagan. Bred by Nick at Glebe Farm Seasett has always been held in high regard and he has now been given a new mark of 81. He has always showed talent and on Saturday the further they went the more accomplished he looked. He will now be aimed at Haydock in a handicap over 10f and hopefully we can continue to see him progress. 

An amazing day topped off by Fev Rover coming third in the Group 1 1000 Guineas. A truly brilliant performance from Fev Rover who attempted to make all under Paul Hanagan in first time cheekpieces.  She very nearly duplicated the performance of Mystery Angel earlier on in the card. She came incredibly close to glory and plenty of Group 1 targets await her this Summer. 

Mystery Angel landed the Pretty Polly Stakes on 1000 Guineas day in spectacular fashion. She has run well without winning a pattern race on several occasions in the past, but she got into a nice rhythm up front on this quicker ground and just kept rolling. She's only had two runs on ground good or faster, winning both, and Nick and connections are talking about the Saint-Alary and Musidora next. 

We got our first 2yo winner on the board on Friday evening at Doncaster with a very good performance from Lucy Lulu under a confident ride by Mark Crehan. Our filly took the preliminaries very well and went down to the start without a problem whilst one or two of the colts played up a little. Our filly broke smartly and travelled within herself for the first half of the race. She showed enough speed to put away many of her rivals and then when Tyson came to her inside the final two furlongs she picked up again to win with plenty in hand.

Mark said after the race that our filly was idling at the 2 pole and he kidded her along to keep her up to her work. He said after the race that we could step her up in trip if we wanted and that he could have pulled well clear of his rivals had he asked her to.

Zihaam rounded off the weekend to secure a Nick Bradley Racing Guineas weekend 1350/1 treble. He was hugely outpaced in the early stages due to the two front runners taking each other on. This was perfect for Zihaam as the strong pace made it a stamina test rather than a speed test over the 8.5 furlongs.

Danny rode Zihaam well and kept him on the outside so he didn't get intimidated by the other horses. The rain that has fallen this week has made the track perfect for Zihaam as he was able to travel up the outside and rocket up the hill to score with ease. ZIhaam will go back to Beverley next week on 11th May where we expect him to win again. 

 Silent Queen blazed a trail on New Years Day when she made all to win under Ben Curtis at Southwell. It was a smart bit of placing by George to select the race, but everything went according to plan in the race and our filly showed that she was a class apart to score by such a margin. George said that her work at home had been very good so we were confident that the surface wasn't going to be an issue for her. She broke well from the stalls and Ben made all to win very comfortably from her rivals. It was a very good performance and earned a Timeform rating of 86. She will now be targeted at Newcastle on the 21st January.

The Roger Fell trained POCKLEY won his second race from three starts at Newcastle last night, having been beaten just a head on his other run. Under a fine ride from Ben Curtis, the son of SHALAA hit the front 2 furlongs out and stayed on too strongly for the well backed William Haggas trained favourite in second place.

POCKLEY, who cost £35,000 at the Goffs Breeze-UP sale in July, is our third Roger Fell trained 2yo winner of 2020 from just 2 horses to run. With MAX OCLOCK scoring at Ayr at 10/1 in August.

MYSTERY ANGEL made it 2 wins from just 3 starts in the valuable ‘Jersey Lily’ Fillies’ Nursery Handicap at Newmarket on Saturday. 

The daughter of Kodi Bear, who cost 22,000 GNS at the Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale, gave her trainer George Boughey his first success at his local course. Jockey David Probert managed to bag the favourable stand-side rail and never saw another rival to win by a comfortable one a half-lengths to secure the first prize of £24,900 for connections.

 MYSTERY ANGEL has improved with every run this season and looks set for a step up to Listed class before the end of the season. 

The BHA’s official handicapper announced on Tuesday that FEV ROVER is now the joint top rated 2yo filly in the country with a rating of 108. 

Nick Bradley Racing’s winning team of 2yo fillies are also top of the class this season when compared with their year group (colts and filles) and relatives:

• FEV ROVER (108) is the top rated 2YO (colt or filly) by her sire GUTAIFAN

• DANDALLA (106) is the top rated 2YO (colt or filly) by her sire DANDY MAN

• FURLONG FACTOR is the 2nd top rated 2YO filly by ADAAY

• FEV ROVER is also the top rated 2YO filly at Richard Fahey’s yard. She is also the second rated 2YO overall, with only the 110 rated colt Rhythm Master ahead of her.

• DANDALLA – is the top rated 2YO (filly or colt) at Karl Burke’s yard.

• FURLONG FACTOR (82) – is the top rated 2YO (filly or colt) at Rod Millman’s yard.

Further evidence that when it comes to identifying the absolute best value bloodstock available, there is nobody better than Nick Bradley.

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ZIHAAM recorded his third win of the season at Beverley on Wednesday, his fifth in total.

Ridden to perfection by Ben Curtis, who was tasting victory for the first time since returning from his Covid ban, the Roger Fell trained 6yo hit the front 1 furlong out and held on determinedly.

This was probably a career best performance from Zihaam off a BHA mark of 73. Timeform gave him a figure of 84 and reported that he is "better than ever at the age of 6".

There are no more suitable races for him at Beverley this season and so it's probably Pontefract next for team ZIHAAM.

We have 1.25% shares available in Zihaam for just £369. This one-off cost includes all training fees for the 2021 season.

CLAREYBLUE recorded his second career victory in effortless fashion at Lingfield on Monday. The Martyn Meade trained three year old was always travelling like the winner under Rob Hornby and only needed to be pushed out to win by a comfortable 2 lengths.

The well backed 6/5 fav has now finished in the prize-money in 6 of his 7 races this season.

MYSTERY ANGEL broke her maiden in fine style at Wolverhampton on Wednesday with an easy win under David Probert. The daughter of Kodi Bear, who cost 22,000 Guineas at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, was Nick Bradley Racing’s 10th 2YO filly winner of 2020.

Mystery Angel was smartly away and raced prominently before powering away from her rivals off the bend to win by a comfortable 3 lengths. She gave trainer George Boughey his 4th winner from 9 runs at a strike rate of 44%

FEV ROVER secured her second black type win of the season with a battling victory at Deauville under a strong Christophe Soumillon drive. 

The Richard Fahey trained daughter of Gutaifan, who cost just £20,000 at the Goffs Premier Yearling sale, has now won over £65,000 in prize-money for her owners.

Multiple French champion jockey Soumillon had FEV ROVER placed in behind the pace-setting Plainchant, who had won a Listed race at Bordeaux comfortably on her last run, and delivered his challenge perfectly to win by a neck on  the line.

FEV ROVER has only been beaten by 2 horses in her career to date, Martyn Meade's recent impressive Listed winner METHOD and our very own Royal Ascot winner DANDALLA.

It will be Group 1 races from now onward for FEV ROVER, with either the Prix Marcel Bousac at Longchamp on the 4th of October (the same day as the Arc), or the Fillies Mile at Newmarket on Friday the 9th of October.

Fev Rover's victory in France was Nick Bradley Racing's sixth 2YO black type performance this season, all of them from fillies.

FEV ROVER

1st - Group 2 Calvados & Listed Star Stakes

2nd - Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge

DANDALLA

1st - Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge & Group 3 Albany

FURLONG FACTOR

2nd - Listed Marygate

MAX OCLOCK made it nine 2YO filly winners for NBR this season with victory at Ayr on Monday under a perfectly timed ride from the in-form Ben Curtis. The Roger Fell trained daughter of Camacho was having her first run in handicap company and returned at the very rewarding odds of 10/1 for her supporters.

The Roger Fell trained daughter of Camacho was having her first run in handicap company and returned at the very rewarding odds of 10/1 for her supporters.

Held up off the pace in the early stages of the race by Curtis, MAX OCLOCK passed the entire field to win going away at the line and looks the type to follow up next time out.