2025 Nassau Stakes News - Quotes From Connections
The 2025 Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood showcases elite three-year-old fillies racing against seasoned contenders over ten furlongs. Top trainers like Aidan O'Brien, Andrew Balding, and Joseph Murphy share insights on their horses: Whirl is noted for her straightforward nature; See The Fire for her impressive form; and Cercene for her evolving capabilities over expanded trips. Each competitor presents unique strengths, with past performances setting a thrilling stage for this Group One event.
- Key quotes ahead of the 2025 NassauStakes
- This Group One will be run at Goodwood on Thursday 31st July
- Read quotes from Aidan O'Brien, Andrew Balding and Joseph Murphy on our website
The third and final Group One race of Glorious Goodwood is the Nassau Stakes, where the very best three-year-old fillies will take on their elders over a testing ten-furlong trip.
Here are the quotes from the connections of the horses who'll run in Thursday's renewal of the Nassau Stakes.
2025 Nassau Stakes - Key Quotes
Aidan O'Brien (Whirl & Bedtime Story)
Whirl is a very straightforward, honest filly, she’s so uncomplicated it’s not funny.
It was the obvious race for her and it isn’t over facing her, it’s baby steps her way and that’s why she’s coming here. We’ve been very happy with her since the Pretty Polly.
Andrew Balding (See The Fire)
She has started this year in fabulous form and was very impressive in the Middleton, winning a Group Two in easy fashion. And then we thought she ran a super race at Ascot against the boys in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.
As a three-year-old we didn’t see the best of her until we got to the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood where she was narrowly beaten. Then she went on and won the Strensall Stakes against older colts at York.
There is evidence to suggest she is improving all the time, and she certainly looks to have done physically. She is an exciting filly, and hopefully the best is to come.
Joseph Murphy (Cercene)
We were very happy with her since her last run and we’ll find out how we get on up in trip, so it will be a learning curve.
She’s so relaxed, we always thought she would be a mile-and-a-half filly but she proved us wrong by being so good at a mile. We’ve options we could try over those distances before the season ends, so we’re looking forward to running and we’re fortunate we have her.
We have her in the Matron Stakes just in case she doesn’t get the trip, but if she does it opens up more options for us and I do think she will stay.
This is another test and another Group One. She’s been third in a Guineas and won at Royal Ascot so she deserves to take her chance.
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