David ‘Dandy' Nicholls, Sessay, N Yorks - David has only been training a few years, but he has already shown himself to be an outstanding trainer of exactly these type of horses. Dandy is now one of the major players in all the top handicaps and even at Group race level, these days, what with Continent , Rudi's Pet and Bahamian Pirate; July Cup and Prix de L'Abbaye . He won the Group 1 Nunthorpe with Ya Malak who was a ‘has-been' until Dandy got hold of him. A look at David's recent training record is like a Who's Who? of sprinting and sprinters; Lafi , BLACKHEATH , Cryhavoc , Zuhair , Sihafi, Tayseer, Further Outlook, Continent, Flak Jacket, Tayif, Loyal Tycoon, Only Time Will Tell, Eton, Mister Rambo, American Cousin, Bailieborough, Captain Rio and so on. The list goes on. One of the reasons we are such big fans of David is that we sent him our horse American Cousin at the start of the 1999 campaign. After the 1998 Flat season we moved American Cousin to David, the horse has been a revelation. He won two races in 1999 at 7/2 and 11/4 for us and won three in 2000 as well, at 7/1, 7/2 and 11/2. By the way, Dandy knows the time of day with regard to the betting ring too. We've landed one or two nice touches with American Cousin. In recent years, we have been buying more 2yo types with Dandy and have been rewarded with the likes of FOL HOLLOW and IVESTAR.