Nashwa (horse)

She was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Adayar, Soul Stirring and Hurricane Lane.

[3] She was descended from the British broodmare Pelting (foaled 1958) who was the female-line ancestor of several other major winners including Awzaan, Moon Ballad, Bassenthwaite, Telescope, Braashee (Prix Royal-Oak) and Central Park (Derby Italiano, runner-up in the Melbourne Cup).

Starting the 85/40 favourite she made steady progress from the rear of the field without ever looking likely to win and came home third behind Golden Lyra and Centrallia, beaten five and a half lengths by the winner.

After tracking the leaders in the early stages she went to the front approaching the final furlong and accelerated away from her opponents to win "easily" by six and a half lengths from her stablemate Wonderful Times.

Starting the 5/6 favourite she was restrained by Doyle at the back of the seven-runner field before making "smooth progress" on the outside and after gaining the advantage two furlongs out she won by one and three quarter lengths from Stay Alert.

She kept on "gamely" under pressure and held off a sustained challenge from La Parisenne to win by a short neck, with a gap of almost five lengths back to Rosacea in third.