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York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 Day three of York’s Ebor meeting begins with the class 2 1M 4F Sky Bet Handicap with a field of thirteen. Shadow Dance is an interesting runner of Roger Varian’s who could do with a pick me up having lost one of his main owners Sheikh Obaid earlier in the week but may find the ground too fast and a better option maybe Andrew Balding’s Lieber Power who is officially 4lb well in today. The consistent Cracksman four year old was a course and distance winner back in July and only went down by a neck in a valuable Racing League handicap at Windsor last week under today’s pilot Oisin Murphy. Racing off of the same handicap mark he looks sure to be thereabouts in this competitive handicap.   LIEBER POWER 1 point each way @ 9/1William Hill 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 The Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup is run over 2M 56 yards and has attracted a field of nine stayers.Best in at the weights is the Aidan O’Brien trained Point Lonsdale who’s stepping up in trip here today. He impressed at Chester in May over 1M 5 1/2F which is the furthest the five year has raced over and at his current odds is worth opposing with stamina doubts. The Gosden’s Gregory appreciated coming back to 2M when third to Kyprios in the Goodwood Cup last month but has a history of bleeding. Vauban is the other one at the head of the market but he too has stamina to prove at 2M even if he did finish fourth, beaten 9L, in the Ascot Gold Cup and it may just be worth opposing the front end of the market with Hughie Morrison’s seven year old Quickthorn. There doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of pace in the race (although Point Lonsdale can go forward along with Night Sparkle and Tashkan) and the race is maybe set up for Quickthorn who scored by 14L in this race when making all with a easy lead back in 2022. He’s yet to secure that easy lead that he seems to relish in two runs this season at Ascot and Sandown and he looks value especially if Tom Marquand can get him out in front.   QUICKTHORN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.00 A field of ten run in the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes run over 6F for two-year-old colts and geldings.There’s plenty of juvenile form from Goodwood on view with 25/1 Molecomb winner Big Mojo and Richmond second and fourth The Strikin Viking and Billboard Star in opposition. All have claims but it’s the Aidan O’Brien trained Camille Pissarro that appeals to me. His best run of four came last time out when chasing home Babouche in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes at The Curragh in July. He only went down by half a length and with the winner going on to lower the colours of Whistlejack in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes next time out the form looks rock solid. At an each way price he can be backed win and place with Ryan Moore in the saddle for a team tat have been in blistering form already this week on the Knavesmire.   CAMILLE PISSARO 1 point each way @ 5/1 Betfred 1/5th 1234   York 3.35 An intriguing Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes run over 5F has attracted a field of fourteen sprinters in which we have the third round of Australian speedster Asfoora against Big Evs which currently lies at one all. Their latest duel came in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood when Mick Appleby’s Big Evs came out best by the minimal of margins with Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora not getting the rub of the race in second. The Aussie horse is 6lb better off today and that should be enough to turn the tables and he looks the pick especially with Big Evs drawn on the wing in stall 14. Last year’s third Bradsell is the other one I like who is worth a small each way saver. He may not have been drawn that well when third last year and opened his season with a victory in listed company at Deauville earlier this month.   ASFOORA 1 point win @ 9/4 William Hill BRADSELL 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 4.10 The last of five races covered by the ITV cameras is the 1M 2 1/2F Fillies handicap which has attracted a field of seventeen. There shouldn’t be much between the Goodwood one-two Al Anoud and Power Of Destiny with preference for the latter trained by Sir Michael Stoute who may have more improvement to come and should run a big race. Others with chances are the 2lb well in Shemozzle and Battle Queen who’s stepping up 2F in distance. The pin drops on Power Of Destiny though who is only having his fifth career start having won his maiden at Haydock in June and made a decent handicap debut when going down by a head to Al Anoud at Goodwood. Oisin Murphy was on board that day and retains the ride on the likeable Sea The Stars filly.   POWER OF DESTINY 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   York 4.45 The most valuable maiden in the racing calendar is the class 2 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden with a first prize pot of £51,540. Not surprisingly for the money there’s a maximum field of twenty declared. Thirteen of the 20 have raced before with the one that takes my eye the Ralph Beckett trained Angelo Buonarroti who was in the care of Raphael Freire for owners Amo Racing when making his debut in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot where he ran with plenty of credit for a debutant in finishing ninth, beaten just 3L. He was down to run at Goodwood but was pulled out on the morning with a vet’s certificate. With that run behind him he can take a step forward and take this maiden under David Egan. The biggest danger may come from Royal Varian’s Ultrasoul whose debut run when runner up in a Yarmouth maiden has worked out well.   ANGELO BUONARROTI 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   York 5.20 The last race of seven on day three of this year’s York Ebor meeting is the class 2 three-year-old 1M Sky Bet Mile Handicap featuring nineteen runners. It has a wide open look about it but one horse who could be well treated on his handicap debut is the Roger Varian trained Dosman. A winner at Kempton on the all-weather he improved under a penalty 17 days later when third of 14 in a Newmarket novice stakes won by Ombudsman with Arabian Light in second spot. Both that pair have franked the form since by winning twice and are now rated 111 and 98 respectively. Even the fifth First Conquest has won a valuable handicap since and is now rated 98. Dosman was giving them all weight that day and his initial handicap mark of 97 could be lenient. A nice draw in stall 2 is another bonus and with Silvestre De Sousa riding looks one to be with each way.   DOSMAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 Ladbrokes 1/5th 12345

Ebor 
Naqueeb  429 14.5 Val 0.83 
Fairbanks. 427 12.0. Val 0.72 
My.mate mozzie  422 18.0 Val 1.05 
One for the gutter. 420 66/1 Val 3.1(or 33/1 8 places Val 2.13 )
4x 5pt wins  plus forecasts all 4 
Overall value bet one for the gutter ....but might be better value bet 8 places skybet 33/1 
 

410 York 
Apollo one 464 9.4 Val 0.65
Billyjoh 453 9.0 Val 0.59
Cover up  450  13.5 Val 0.74
Albasheer 441 
Commanch falls 440 
Decent value on the top 3 strong rated form horses on Betfair ....I'll try 5 PT wins top 3 and forecasts 

York 1.50 The first of seven races covered by the ITV cameras today is the 1M 1F Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, a Group 3 contest which has attracted a field of nine. The pick and form choice is the Andrew Balding trained See The Fire, the only filly in the race. Having finished a creditable fourth in the Eclipse (beaten only 7 1/2L) by City Of Troy she stepped forward again to run the Aidan O’Brien filly Opera Singer to a neck in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She’s the highest rated in the race and will take some beating if running up to those last two runs. Owen Burrows’s Alyanaabi ran a bit flat last time but may not have truly stayed 10F that day and the drop back a furlong looks a good move - he rates the biggest danger to the pick.   SEE THE FIRE 1 point win @ 11/4 William Hill   Goodwood 2.05 The Group 3 7F William Hill Prestige Fillies’ Stakes for two year old fillies is up next in which we have a field of ten following the defection of favourite Formal due to the ground. She would have been a strong fancy but we’re wait for another day for her on better ground. The obvious one in Formal’s absence is the once raced Ralph Beckett trained Tabiti, a Kingman filly who did it well on her debut at Newmarket in a maiden on fast ground. Shes unproven on soft mind with her twice raced dam only racing on fast ground (her sire won twice at the highest level on soft so some hope there). I’ll take a chance though with John & Sean Quinn’s Royalty Bay who’s already shown her liking for easy ground winning at Ripon and York on soft ground and only went down by a short neck in a Group 3 fillies contest at Deauville when last seen. Quinn has been amongst the winners this week at York with Jm Jungle and the filly will be ridden by Jason Hart.   ROYALTY BAY 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123     York 2.25 A field of sixteen assemble for the class 2 1M 6F Sky Bet Melrose Handicap for three-year-olds. The race looks wide open with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute’s easy Wolverhampton winner Reaching High and Andrew Balding’s battling 2M Ascot winner Tactician among the principals. I’ll take a flyer on an outsider each way with additional places in the shape of Tom Clover’s Tabletalk who’s stepping up to 1M 6F for the first time. The lightly raced Camelot colt is only having his fifth career start having broken his maiden at Chelmsford in May prior to running tenth in the Epsom Derby (beaten 19L). Following a 55 day break he ran a good third at Ascot in a 1M 4F handicap with the runner up Insanity franking the form since by winning at the Shergar Cup meeting back at the same track . Rossa Ryan rides from a favourable draw in 4 and looks a value each way play.   TABLETALK 1 point each way @ 20/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.40 A disappointing turnout of just five here for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile. With a band of rain coming across and the ground certain to ease (it’s already good to soft (good in places), as I write this on Friday afternoon, there has to be a likelihood that the current favourite Lead Artist will be pulled out. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Poker Face ran a shocker last time but this is his ground so has an obvious chance if you’re willing to forgive him that poor run last time. The bet however is the Karl Burke trained Ice Max. He looked smart when winning handicaps at Bath and Musselburgh in April on a soft surface and hasn’t been disgraced twice since in pattern company. This looks a good opportunity for him in what may turn out to be a very winnable contest.   ICE MAX 1 point win 9/1 bet365   York 3.00 Just eight have declared for the Group 2 7F Sky Bet City Of York Stakes. Ralph Beckett’s Kinross has won the event the last two years under Frankie Dettori but is getting no younger now as a seven year old and he can help make the market for the confident pick in the shape of the John & Thady Gosden trained Audience who was a 3/4L second to Kinross in this last year although it’s fair to say he’s taken his form to another level since whilst Kinross may not be firing on all cylinders. Audience started this campaign with an emphatic Group 1 Lockinge victory at Newbury when making all over a mile from Charyn. He was subsequently rather disappointing at Royal Ascot behind the same horse but bounced back to form at today’s trip when an easy 4L winner at Goodwood with Kinross (and Art Power) behind. He’s 5lb better off today with that pair and with the likelihood of regular rider Rab Havlin forcing the pace looks one to get stuck into today.   AUDIENCE 2 points win @ 7/4 bet365   York 3.35 The day’s big handicap is the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap run over 1M 6F with a guaranteed purse of £500,000. A maximum field of twenty two have declared including Aidan O’Brien’s Queenstown who’s bumped into top stayer and stable companion Kyprios on his last two starts and looks a player although is drawn very wide in 22 (although the last two winners were drawn out there in stalls 20 and 24 all be it under Frankie Dettori masterclass rides) and Willie Mullins’s unexposed Hipop De Loire who was last seen finishing runner up to his stable mate Jackfinbar in a Galway maiden hurdle. In a wide open contest the one that I like is the Henry De Bromhead trained six year old Magical Zoe who’s been on my radar for this race for a while now. A smart hurdler who is currently rated 143 finishing fourth in the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare has qualified for a mark on the level winning a Down Royal maiden and finishing third in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse over today’s trip. Billy Lee has the ride from stall 1.   MAGICAL ZOE 1 point each way @ 9/1 Unibet 1/5h 123456   York 4.10 A big field class 2 6F handicap is up next with nineteen sprinters spread across the course. Low numbers have seemed to have the call in sprints this week and it’s three year old Elmonjed from stall 2 who catches the eye here. William Haggas’s Shadwell owned son of Blue Point stepped forward to win the valuable Fitzdares Sprint Final at Windsor twelve days ago in first time blinkers, holding on well and with just a 2lb rise to contend with can be competitive under Tom Marquand. Last year’s dead heaters Albasheer and Summerghand (also won this in 2022) are others to consider in an open handicap.   ELMONJED 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5 12345

York 1.50 Day three of York’s Ebor meeting begins with the class 2 1M 4F Sky Bet Handicap with a field of thirteen. Shadow Dance is an interesting runner of Roger Varian’s who could do with a pick me up having lost one of his main owners Sheikh Obaid earlier in the week but may find the ground too fast and a better option maybe Andrew Balding’s Lieber Power who is officially 4lb well in today. The consistent Cracksman four year old was a course and distance winner back in July and only went down by a neck in a valuable Racing League handicap at Windsor last week under today’s pilot Oisin Murphy. Racing off of the same handicap mark he looks sure to be thereabouts in this competitive handicap.   LIEBER POWER 1 point each way @ 9/1William Hill 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 The Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup is run over 2M 56 yards and has attracted a field of nine stayers.Best in at the weights is the Aidan O’Brien trained Point Lonsdale who’s stepping up in trip here today. He impressed at Chester in May over 1M 5 1/2F which is the furthest the five year has raced over and at his current odds is worth opposing with stamina doubts. The Gosden’s Gregory appreciated coming back to 2M when third to Kyprios in the Goodwood Cup last month but has a history of bleeding. Vauban is the other one at the head of the market but he too has stamina to prove at 2M even if he did finish fourth, beaten 9L, in the Ascot Gold Cup and it may just be worth opposing the front end of the market with Hughie Morrison’s seven year old Quickthorn. There doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of pace in the race (although Point Lonsdale can go forward along with Night Sparkle and Tashkan) and the race is maybe set up for Quickthorn who scored by 14L in this race when making all with a easy lead back in 2022. He’s yet to secure that easy lead that he seems to relish in two runs this season at Ascot and Sandown and he looks value especially if Tom Marquand can get him out in front.   QUICKTHORN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.00 A field of ten run in the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes run over 6F for two-year-old colts and geldings.There’s plenty of juvenile form from Goodwood on view with 25/1 Molecomb winner Big Mojo and Richmond second and fourth The Strikin Viking and Billboard Star in opposition. All have claims but it’s the Aidan O’Brien trained Camille Pissarro that appeals to me. His best run of four came last time out when chasing home Babouche in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes at The Curragh in July. He only went down by half a length and with the winner going on to lower the colours of Whistlejack in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes next time out the form looks rock solid. At an each way price he can be backed win and place with Ryan Moore in the saddle for a team tat have been in blistering form already this week on the Knavesmire.   CAMILLE PISSARO 1 point each way @ 5/1 Betfred 1/5th 1234   York 3.35 An intriguing Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes run over 5F has attracted a field of fourteen sprinters in which we have the third round of Australian speedster Asfoora against Big Evs which currently lies at one all. Their latest duel came in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood when Mick Appleby’s Big Evs came out best by the minimal of margins with Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora not getting the rub of the race in second. The Aussie horse is 6lb better off today and that should be enough to turn the tables and he looks the pick especially with Big Evs drawn on the wing in stall 14. Last year’s third Bradsell is the other one I like who is worth a small each way saver. He may not have been drawn that well when third last year and opened his season with a victory in listed company at Deauville earlier this month.   ASFOORA 1 point win @ 9/4 William Hill BRADSELL 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 4.10 The last of five races covered by the ITV cameras is the 1M 2 1/2F Fillies handicap which has attracted a field of seventeen. There shouldn’t be much between the Goodwood one-two Al Anoud and Power Of Destiny with preference for the latter trained by Sir Michael Stoute who may have more improvement to come and should run a big race. Others with chances are the 2lb well in Shemozzle and Battle Queen who’s stepping up 2F in distance. The pin drops on Power Of Destiny though who is only having his fifth career start having won his maiden at Haydock in June and made a decent handicap debut when going down by a head to Al Anoud at Goodwood. Oisin Murphy was on board that day and retains the ride on the likeable Sea The Stars filly.   POWER OF DESTINY 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   York 4.45 The most valuable maiden in the racing calendar is the class 2 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden with a first prize pot of £51,540. Not surprisingly for the money there’s a maximum field of twenty declared. Thirteen of the 20 have raced before with the one that takes my eye the Ralph Beckett trained Angelo Buonarroti who was in the care of Raphael Freire for owners Amo Racing when making his debut in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot where he ran with plenty of credit for a debutant in finishing ninth, beaten just 3L. He was down to run at Goodwood but was pulled out on the morning with a vet’s certificate. With that run behind him he can take a step forward and take this maiden under David Egan. The biggest danger may come from Royal Varian’s Ultrasoul whose debut run when runner up in a Yarmouth maiden has worked out well.   ANGELO BUONARROTI 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   York 5.20 The last race of seven on day three of this year’s York Ebor meeting is the class 2 three-year-old 1M Sky Bet Mile Handicap featuring nineteen runners. It has a wide open look about it but one horse who could be well treated on his handicap debut is the Roger Varian trained Dosman. A winner at Kempton on the all-weather he improved under a penalty 17 days later when third of 14 in a Newmarket novice stakes won by Ombudsman with Arabian Light in second spot. Both that pair have franked the form since by winning twice and are now rated 111 and 98 respectively. Even the fifth First Conquest has won a valuable handicap since and is now rated 98. Dosman was giving them all weight that day and his initial handicap mark of 97 could be lenient. A nice draw in stall 2 is another bonus and with Silvestre De Sousa riding looks one to be with each way.   DOSMAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 Ladbrokes 1/5th 12345

Audience 300 york 7/4 looks way too big thought it more like 5/4 chance help yourselves gl all

York 1.50 Day three of York’s Ebor meeting begins with the class 2 1M 4F Sky Bet Handicap with a field of thirteen. Shadow Dance is an interesting runner of Roger Varian’s who could do with a pick me up having lost one of his main owners Sheikh Obaid earlier in the week but may find the ground too fast and a better option maybe Andrew Balding’s Lieber Power who is officially 4lb well in today. The consistent Cracksman four year old was a course and distance winner back in July and only went down by a neck in a valuable Racing League handicap at Windsor last week under today’s pilot Oisin Murphy. Racing off of the same handicap mark he looks sure to be thereabouts in this competitive handicap.   LIEBER POWER 1 point each way @ 9/1William Hill 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 The Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup is run over 2M 56 yards and has attracted a field of nine stayers.Best in at the weights is the Aidan O’Brien trained Point Lonsdale who’s stepping up in trip here today. He impressed at Chester in May over 1M 5 1/2F which is the furthest the five year has raced over and at his current odds is worth opposing with stamina doubts. The Gosden’s Gregory appreciated coming back to 2M when third to Kyprios in the Goodwood Cup last month but has a history of bleeding. Vauban is the other one at the head of the market but he too has stamina to prove at 2M even if he did finish fourth, beaten 9L, in the Ascot Gold Cup and it may just be worth opposing the front end of the market with Hughie Morrison’s seven year old Quickthorn. There doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of pace in the race (although Point Lonsdale can go forward along with Night Sparkle and Tashkan) and the race is maybe set up for Quickthorn who scored by 14L in this race when making all with a easy lead back in 2022. He’s yet to secure that easy lead that he seems to relish in two runs this season at Ascot and Sandown and he looks value especially if Tom Marquand can get him out in front.   QUICKTHORN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.00 A field of ten run in the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes run over 6F for two-year-old colts and geldings.There’s plenty of juvenile form from Goodwood on view with 25/1 Molecomb winner Big Mojo and Richmond second and fourth The Strikin Viking and Billboard Star in opposition. All have claims but it’s the Aidan O’Brien trained Camille Pissarro that appeals to me. His best run of four came last time out when chasing home Babouche in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes at The Curragh in July. He only went down by half a length and with the winner going on to lower the colours of Whistlejack in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes next time out the form looks rock solid. At an each way price he can be backed win and place with Ryan Moore in the saddle for a team tat have been in blistering form already this week on the Knavesmire.   CAMILLE PISSARO 1 point each way @ 5/1 Betfred 1/5th 1234   York 3.35 An intriguing Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes run over 5F has attracted a field of fourteen sprinters in which we have the third round of Australian speedster Asfoora against Big Evs which currently lies at one all. Their latest duel came in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood when Mick Appleby’s Big Evs came out best by the minimal of margins with Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora not getting the rub of the race in second. The Aussie horse is 6lb better off today and that should be enough to turn the tables and he looks the pick especially with Big Evs drawn on the wing in stall 14. Last year’s third Bradsell is the other one I like who is worth a small each way saver. He may not have been drawn that well when third last year and opened his season with a victory in listed company at Deauville earlier this month.   ASFOORA 1 point win @ 9/4 William Hill BRADSELL 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 4.10 The last of five races covered by the ITV cameras is the 1M 2 1/2F Fillies handicap which has attracted a field of seventeen. There shouldn’t be much between the Goodwood one-two Al Anoud and Power Of Destiny with preference for the latter trained by Sir Michael Stoute who may have more improvement to come and should run a big race. Others with chances are the 2lb well in Shemozzle and Battle Queen who’s stepping up 2F in distance. The pin drops on Power Of Destiny though who is only having his fifth career start having won his maiden at Haydock in June and made a decent handicap debut when going down by a head to Al Anoud at Goodwood. Oisin Murphy was on board that day and retains the ride on the likeable Sea The Stars filly.   POWER OF DESTINY 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   York 4.45 The most valuable maiden in the racing calendar is the class 2 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden with a first prize pot of £51,540. Not surprisingly for the money there’s a maximum field of twenty declared. Thirteen of the 20 have raced before with the one that takes my eye the Ralph Beckett trained Angelo Buonarroti who was in the care of Raphael Freire for owners Amo Racing when making his debut in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot where he ran with plenty of credit for a debutant in finishing ninth, beaten just 3L. He was down to run at Goodwood but was pulled out on the morning with a vet’s certificate. With that run behind him he can take a step forward and take this maiden under David Egan. The biggest danger may come from Royal Varian’s Ultrasoul whose debut run when runner up in a Yarmouth maiden has worked out well.   ANGELO BUONARROTI 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   York 5.20 The last race of seven on day three of this year’s York Ebor meeting is the class 2 three-year-old 1M Sky Bet Mile Handicap featuring nineteen runners. It has a wide open look about it but one horse who could be well treated on his handicap debut is the Roger Varian trained Dosman. A winner at Kempton on the all-weather he improved under a penalty 17 days later when third of 14 in a Newmarket novice stakes won by Ombudsman with Arabian Light in second spot. Both that pair have franked the form since by winning twice and are now rated 111 and 98 respectively. Even the fifth First Conquest has won a valuable handicap since and is now rated 98. Dosman was giving them all weight that day and his initial handicap mark of 97 could be lenient. A nice draw in stall 2 is another bonus and with Silvestre De Sousa riding looks one to be with each way.   DOSMAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 Ladbrokes 1/5th 12345

York 1.50 Day three of York’s Ebor meeting begins with the class 2 1M 4F Sky Bet Handicap with a field of thirteen. Shadow Dance is an interesting runner of Roger Varian’s who could do with a pick me up having lost one of his main owners Sheikh Obaid earlier in the week but may find the ground too fast and a better option maybe Andrew Balding’s Lieber Power who is officially 4lb well in today. The consistent Cracksman four year old was a course and distance winner back in July and only went down by a neck in a valuable Racing League handicap at Windsor last week under today’s pilot Oisin Murphy. Racing off of the same handicap mark he looks sure to be thereabouts in this competitive handicap.   LIEBER POWER 1 point each way @ 9/1William Hill 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 The Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup is run over 2M 56 yards and has attracted a field of nine stayers.Best in at the weights is the Aidan O’Brien trained Point Lonsdale who’s stepping up in trip here today. He impressed at Chester in May over 1M 5 1/2F which is the furthest the five year has raced over and at his current odds is worth opposing with stamina doubts. The Gosden’s Gregory appreciated coming back to 2M when third to Kyprios in the Goodwood Cup last month but has a history of bleeding. Vauban is the other one at the head of the market but he too has stamina to prove at 2M even if he did finish fourth, beaten 9L, in the Ascot Gold Cup and it may just be worth opposing the front end of the market with Hughie Morrison’s seven year old Quickthorn. There doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of pace in the race (although Point Lonsdale can go forward along with Night Sparkle and Tashkan) and the race is maybe set up for Quickthorn who scored by 14L in this race when making all with a easy lead back in 2022. He’s yet to secure that easy lead that he seems to relish in two runs this season at Ascot and Sandown and he looks value especially if Tom Marquand can get him out in front.   QUICKTHORN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.00 A field of ten run in the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes run over 6F for two-year-old colts and geldings.There’s plenty of juvenile form from Goodwood on view with 25/1 Molecomb winner Big Mojo and Richmond second and fourth The Strikin Viking and Billboard Star in opposition. All have claims but it’s the Aidan O’Brien trained Camille Pissarro that appeals to me. His best run of four came last time out when chasing home Babouche in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes at The Curragh in July. He only went down by half a length and with the winner going on to lower the colours of Whistlejack in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes next time out the form looks rock solid. At an each way price he can be backed win and place with Ryan Moore in the saddle for a team tat have been in blistering form already this week on the Knavesmire.   CAMILLE PISSARO 1 point each way @ 5/1 Betfred 1/5th 1234   York 3.35 An intriguing Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes run over 5F has attracted a field of fourteen sprinters in which we have the third round of Australian speedster Asfoora against Big Evs which currently lies at one all. Their latest duel came in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood when Mick Appleby’s Big Evs came out best by the minimal of margins with Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora not getting the rub of the race in second. The Aussie horse is 6lb better off today and that should be enough to turn the tables and he looks the pick especially with Big Evs drawn on the wing in stall 14. Last year’s third Bradsell is the other one I like who is worth a small each way saver. He may not have been drawn that well when third last year and opened his season with a victory in listed company at Deauville earlier this month.   ASFOORA 1 point win @ 9/4 William Hill BRADSELL 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 4.10 The last of five races covered by the ITV cameras is the 1M 2 1/2F Fillies handicap which has attracted a field of seventeen. There shouldn’t be much between the Goodwood one-two Al Anoud and Power Of Destiny with preference for the latter trained by Sir Michael Stoute who may have more improvement to come and should run a big race. Others with chances are the 2lb well in Shemozzle and Battle Queen who’s stepping up 2F in distance. The pin drops on Power Of Destiny though who is only having his fifth career start having won his maiden at Haydock in June and made a decent handicap debut when going down by a head to Al Anoud at Goodwood. Oisin Murphy was on board that day and retains the ride on the likeable Sea The Stars filly.   POWER OF DESTINY 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   York 4.45 The most valuable maiden in the racing calendar is the class 2 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden with a first prize pot of £51,540. Not surprisingly for the money there’s a maximum field of twenty declared. Thirteen of the 20 have raced before with the one that takes my eye the Ralph Beckett trained Angelo Buonarroti who was in the care of Raphael Freire for owners Amo Racing when making his debut in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot where he ran with plenty of credit for a debutant in finishing ninth, beaten just 3L. He was down to run at Goodwood but was pulled out on the morning with a vet’s certificate. With that run behind him he can take a step forward and take this maiden under David Egan. The biggest danger may come from Royal Varian’s Ultrasoul whose debut run when runner up in a Yarmouth maiden has worked out well.   ANGELO BUONARROTI 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   York 5.20 The last race of seven on day three of this year’s York Ebor meeting is the class 2 three-year-old 1M Sky Bet Mile Handicap featuring nineteen runners. It has a wide open look about it but one horse who could be well treated on his handicap debut is the Roger Varian trained Dosman. A winner at Kempton on the all-weather he improved under a penalty 17 days later when third of 14 in a Newmarket novice stakes won by Ombudsman with Arabian Light in second spot. Both that pair have franked the form since by winning twice and are now rated 111 and 98 respectively. Even the fifth First Conquest has won a valuable handicap since and is now rated 98. Dosman was giving them all weight that day and his initial handicap mark of 97 could be lenient. A nice draw in stall 2 is another bonus and with Silvestre De Sousa riding looks one to be with each way.   DOSMAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 Ladbrokes 1/5th 12345

York 1.50 Day three of York’s Ebor meeting begins with the class 2 1M 4F Sky Bet Handicap with a field of thirteen. Shadow Dance is an interesting runner of Roger Varian’s who could do with a pick me up having lost one of his main owners Sheikh Obaid earlier in the week but may find the ground too fast and a better option maybe Andrew Balding’s Lieber Power who is officially 4lb well in today. The consistent Cracksman four year old was a course and distance winner back in July and only went down by a neck in a valuable Racing League handicap at Windsor last week under today’s pilot Oisin Murphy. Racing off of the same handicap mark he looks sure to be thereabouts in this competitive handicap.   LIEBER POWER 1 point each way @ 9/1William Hill 1/5th 1234   York 2.25 The Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup is run over 2M 56 yards and has attracted a field of nine stayers.Best in at the weights is the Aidan O’Brien trained Point Lonsdale who’s stepping up in trip here today. He impressed at Chester in May over 1M 5 1/2F which is the furthest the five year has raced over and at his current odds is worth opposing with stamina doubts. The Gosden’s Gregory appreciated coming back to 2M when third to Kyprios in the Goodwood Cup last month but has a history of bleeding. Vauban is the other one at the head of the market but he too has stamina to prove at 2M even if he did finish fourth, beaten 9L, in the Ascot Gold Cup and it may just be worth opposing the front end of the market with Hughie Morrison’s seven year old Quickthorn. There doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of pace in the race (although Point Lonsdale can go forward along with Night Sparkle and Tashkan) and the race is maybe set up for Quickthorn who scored by 14L in this race when making all with a easy lead back in 2022. He’s yet to secure that easy lead that he seems to relish in two runs this season at Ascot and Sandown and he looks value especially if Tom Marquand can get him out in front.   QUICKTHORN 1 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 3.00 A field of ten run in the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes run over 6F for two-year-old colts and geldings.There’s plenty of juvenile form from Goodwood on view with 25/1 Molecomb winner Big Mojo and Richmond second and fourth The Strikin Viking and Billboard Star in opposition. All have claims but it’s the Aidan O’Brien trained Camille Pissarro that appeals to me. His best run of four came last time out when chasing home Babouche in the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes at The Curragh in July. He only went down by half a length and with the winner going on to lower the colours of Whistlejack in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes next time out the form looks rock solid. At an each way price he can be backed win and place with Ryan Moore in the saddle for a team tat have been in blistering form already this week on the Knavesmire.   CAMILLE PISSARO 1 point each way @ 5/1 Betfred 1/5th 1234   York 3.35 An intriguing Group 1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes run over 5F has attracted a field of fourteen sprinters in which we have the third round of Australian speedster Asfoora against Big Evs which currently lies at one all. Their latest duel came in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood when Mick Appleby’s Big Evs came out best by the minimal of margins with Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora not getting the rub of the race in second. The Aussie horse is 6lb better off today and that should be enough to turn the tables and he looks the pick especially with Big Evs drawn on the wing in stall 14. Last year’s third Bradsell is the other one I like who is worth a small each way saver. He may not have been drawn that well when third last year and opened his season with a victory in listed company at Deauville earlier this month.   ASFOORA 1 point win @ 9/4 William Hill BRADSELL 1 point each way @ 7/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   York 4.10 The last of five races covered by the ITV cameras is the 1M 2 1/2F Fillies handicap which has attracted a field of seventeen. There shouldn’t be much between the Goodwood one-two Al Anoud and Power Of Destiny with preference for the latter trained by Sir Michael Stoute who may have more improvement to come and should run a big race. Others with chances are the 2lb well in Shemozzle and Battle Queen who’s stepping up 2F in distance. The pin drops on Power Of Destiny though who is only having his fifth career start having won his maiden at Haydock in June and made a decent handicap debut when going down by a head to Al Anoud at Goodwood. Oisin Murphy was on board that day and retains the ride on the likeable Sea The Stars filly.   POWER OF DESTINY 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   York 4.45 The most valuable maiden in the racing calendar is the class 2 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden with a first prize pot of £51,540. Not surprisingly for the money there’s a maximum field of twenty declared. Thirteen of the 20 have raced before with the one that takes my eye the Ralph Beckett trained Angelo Buonarroti who was in the care of Raphael Freire for owners Amo Racing when making his debut in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot where he ran with plenty of credit for a debutant in finishing ninth, beaten just 3L. He was down to run at Goodwood but was pulled out on the morning with a vet’s certificate. With that run behind him he can take a step forward and take this maiden under David Egan. The biggest danger may come from Royal Varian’s Ultrasoul whose debut run when runner up in a Yarmouth maiden has worked out well.   ANGELO BUONARROTI 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   York 5.20 The last race of seven on day three of this year’s York Ebor meeting is the class 2 three-year-old 1M Sky Bet Mile Handicap featuring nineteen runners. It has a wide open look about it but one horse who could be well treated on his handicap debut is the Roger Varian trained Dosman. A winner at Kempton on the all-weather he improved under a penalty 17 days later when third of 14 in a Newmarket novice stakes won by Ombudsman with Arabian Light in second spot. Both that pair have franked the form since by winning twice and are now rated 111 and 98 respectively. Even the fifth First Conquest has won a valuable handicap since and is now rated 98. Dosman was giving them all weight that day and his initial handicap mark of 97 could be lenient. A nice draw in stall 2 is another bonus and with Silvestre De Sousa riding looks one to be with each way.   DOSMAN 1 point each way @ 7/1 Ladbrokes 1/5th 12345

York 1.50 Day two of York’s Ebor meeting kicks off with a nine runner 6F Group 2 Lowther Stakes for two-year-old fillies. Karl Burke’s Leovanni hasn’t been seen since winning the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot over 5F and steps up in distance today. There are mixed messages from the form of that win and a 3lb penalty doesn’t help her cause either. The other filly heading the market alongside Leovanni is the Aidan O’Brien trained Heaven’s Gate who won a valuable race at Naas at the beginning of the month and has to be a player with Ryan Moore in the plate. I’m happy enough to take the pair of them on mind and like the look of Eve Johnson Houghton’s Betty Clover. The grey daughter of Time Test showed improved form for stepping up to 6F at Ascot on King George day when reeled in by Shimmering going down by a neck with the re-opposing Tales Of The Heart 1/2L back in third. Simmering has franked the form in no uncertain manner when running away with a Group 2 in France last weekend and Betty Clover looks decent each way value to confirm the Ascot form with Tales Of The Heart under regular rider Georgia Dobie.   BETTY CLOVER 1 point each way @ 11/1 BetVictor 1/5th 123   York 2.25 A maximum field of twenty two run in the class 2 6F Goffs Premier Yearling Stakes in which the winner will collect a cool £250,000. There are many here which we can easily put a line through and only a small handful can be seriously considered. The best in at the weights is Adrian Nicholls’s filly Maw Lam who has kept good company since winning on her debut at Thirsk placing three times. Also on the short list is the Richard Hannon trained An Outlaw’s Grace who’s not been disgraced in Group 2 company on his last two starts and has the added assistance in the saddle of Ryan Moore. Hannon has done very well in this race over the years winning it five times out of the last 8 years and his representative is a major player. The one I like however is the Irish raider Arizona Blaze who’s been on the go since the first day of the Irish flat season at The Curragh in March and produced his best effort of six last time out when going down to two of the best juveniles around in Babouche and Whistlejacket by just over 3L in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh. The form has already been franked by the runner up winning the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville last weekend and he looks sure to be thereabouts despite having to give weight to all.   ARIZONA BLAZE 2 points win @   York 3.00 Nineteen have declared for the class 2 Clipper Handicap run over a mile. The one to beat is surely the William Haggas trained Elnajmm, a lightly raced son of Sea The Stars who holds a future Group 1 entry at Ascot on Champions Day later in the year. He defied a 10lb rise when running out a comfortable winner at Ascot on King George day when very well backed and although the official handicapper has raised him 8lb for that victory he only has to carry a 6lb penalty so is 2lb well in here. Tom Marquand was in the saddle that day and keeps the ride with the only negative being a wide draw in stall 17. He’s the selection. There are many others who hold each way claims including one of David O’Meara’s six runners in the Oisin Murphy ridden New Image and three year old Thunder Run who is still on the upgrade.   ELNAJMM 1 point win @ 11/4 BetVictor   York 3.35 Eight run in the Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks, a Group 1 contest for fillies and mares run over 1M 4F. The race does have a sub-standard look about it this year with Bluestocking deciding to run in the International on day one. John & Thady Gosden have a decent hand with the top rated five year old Emily Upjohn and improver Queen Of The Pride representing Clarehaven Stables. The former is stepping up 2F in trip but has been rather disappointing this season so preference has to be Queen Of The Pride who was only having her fifth career start when running out a 3L winner of the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks last month. This is a rise in grade but she looks up to it and can take this valuable contest. Ralph Beckett’s You Got To Me won the Irish Oaks last time from the slightly unlucky Aidan O’Brien runner Content and there may not be much between them again.   QUEEN OF THE PRIDE 1 point win @ 11/4 Betway   York 4.10 The 1M 4F listed Galtres Stakes is up next and features eleven fillies or mares. The warm favourite is the William Haggas trained three-year-old Sea Just In Time who’s looked good in winning at Newmarket and Kempton from three starts this season. She was a bit disappointing in listed company at Goodwood in between those two victories mind and although she can obviously win this looks scant value at around 6/4. The value bet may be the Irish challenger Satin. Jessie Harrington has booked Ryan Moore which looks quite significant and as the top rated filly in the race can run a big race each way. She no doubt needed her first run of the season at Gowran Park last week when finishing last of four when easy to back. She’s sure to have sharpened up for that run and is better judged on his Leopardstown handicap win last September.   SATIN 1 point each way @ 8/1 bet365 1/5th 123   York 4.45 A valuable 7F class 2 nursery is up next with a decent sized field of seventeen. Top weight Age Of Gold was a bit disappointing last time out at Royal Ascot when a bit of a steamer and Charlie Appleby’s Frankel juvenile has been gelded since. He’s very much on the short list along with Goodwood maiden dead heater Spell Master who once again has the services of Oisin Murphy today. The pick though is Age Of Gold whose Yarmouth victory on his debut has worked out really well with the second and third both winning since. Entering handicaps off of a mark of just 89 he may be well treated.   AGE OF GOLD 1 point each way @ 11/2 William Hill 1/5 12345   York 5.20 Day two of the York Ebor meeting concludes with a valuable 7F fillies handicap for fillies and mares with eighteen having declared. The race has a wide open look about it and I’m with one who I napped last time but had no luck in the run at all under Paul Mulrennan. Key To Cotai finished an unlucky fourth in a Haydock handicap won by the re-opposing Sunfall, Back See Da and Mereside Diva. The selection has 1 1/4L to make up on the first pair but is 3lb and 2lb better off respectively. Not only did Mulrennan find himself with nowhere to go inside the final furlong but he dropped his whip soon after the start and with William Buick taking over can run a big race each way with additional places.   KEY TO COTAI 1 point each way @ 11/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345