Pirate Run Depends On Ground A field of 16 are set to go for sprint glory after there were no withdrawals for tomorrow´s VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes at York.Last year´s winner Bahamian Pirate will bid for a repeat at the age of 10 but only if the ground is suitable.His trainer David Nicholls issued that proviso for both Bahamian Pirate and Fire Up The Band, who was only 11th last season.No less than nine who contested the race in 2004 have been declared for the five-furlong dash.The others are runner-up The Tatling, Avonbridge (fourth), Orientor (fifth), Balmont (seventh), Talbot Avenue (eighth), Moss Vale (ninth) and Fayr Jag (10th).Chineur, trained by Mikael Delzangles, bids to follow up his course and distance triumph in the King´s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot at York. The ante-post favourite is drawn 14.Boogie Street and Moss Vale, second and third behind the French-trained four-year-old, are again in opposition.A second French raider is the three-year-old Nipping, trained by Robert Collet, who sent out Whipper to finish second in the Prix Jacques le Marois last Sunday.Benbaun and Majestic Missile were both late withdrawals last year but they have been declared again this time while the field is completed by the Barry Hills-trained La Cucaracha, a stablemate of Moss Vale.(c) PA Sport
