Glorious Goodwood-winning juvenile set to be supplemented for Nunthorpe - and Hong Kong-based jockey in line for ride
Spicy Marg will be supplemented for the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York, and connections have already lined up Harry Bentley to take the ride.
Following racing at Newmarket on Saturday, trainer Michael Bell and owner Emma Banks formulated a plan to add the two-year-old daughter of Starspangledbanner to the all-aged Group 1 on Friday week at a cost of £40,000.
The time Spicy Marg clocked when winning the Alice Keppel Conditions Stakes at Glorious Goodwood over five furlongs last time, and in her debut win at Newmarket in May, have swung connections towards having a crack.
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