Nunthorpe Stakes
Somnus, a bay horse who was gelded before the start of his racing career, was bred at the New England Stud by Caroline, Lady Legard, who owned him with a variety of partners throughout his racing career. His sire Pivotal was a top class sprinter who won the King's Stand Stakes and the Nunthorpe Stakes in 1996. He went on to become an "excellent" sire, getting the winners of more than a thousand races across a range of distances including Kyllachy (Nunthorpe Stakes), Excellent Art (St James's Palace Stakes) and Sariska (Oaks). Somnus's dam, Midnight's Reward won one minor race from eight starts and was a successful broodmare, producing at least six other winners. Somnus is inbred 3x4 to Northern Dancer (see below).