董事盃
As noted above, he began 2001 in the care of David Nicholls. The Nicholls stable specialises in sprinters and has sent out the winners of most of the top European races over five and six furlongs, including the Nunthorpe Stakes, the Prix Maurice de Gheest, the Haydock Sprint Cup, the July Cup, the Prix de l'Abbaye, the Stewards' Cup and the Ayr Gold Cup.