Sent off the 5-6 favorite in her latest start, the Richard Fahey-trained filly came home a four-length winner over nine rivals, setting a new track record for 2-year-olds while recording a faster time than the winner of the G3 Molecomb S. on the same card.

“We were quite impressed with how Trillium (GB) (No Nay Never) went about her business in the Molecomb, the jury was out on whether we should or we shouldn't have run in that race after [her win],” said Middleham Park's Tom Palin. “There were a few people thinking we'd done the wrong thing but she's quite a forward-going filly. She's not buzzy, she doesn't sweat or anything like that, but for her development we felt it was best to give her a slightly quieter day in slightly calmer waters to get another win under her belt.”

In addition to the Nunthorpe, Palin indicated the Listed Roses S. is also an option during York's Ebor meeting. Hollie Doyle is slated to ride.

“She will definitely go to York, the Roses is on the Saturday, the listed five-furlong race. I imagine she'd be even-money or maybe a bit shorter than that if she went there. It is still a definite option.”

“We will probably leave it as late as we dare, just so we know how the filly is. We'll make the decision and speak to the syndicate when we've got all the information at our disposal and we feel it's something we want to take a chance on.”

“It could be quite sporting to roll the dice and give it a go. She has speed but it's not just speed, she's classy as well.”

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The juvenile race is open to graduates of the Premier Yearling Sale and Silver Sale and will be held on Aug. 18, the second day of the Ebor Festival. Entries close on Jan. 10th through Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and Jan. 11th through Weatherbys. In addition, the race will offer The Premier Prizes for the second year in a row, with winning owners receiving a free horse from Goffs UK to be purchased at the 2022 Premier Yearling Sale to the value of £40,795 and owners badges, lunch and a bottle of champagne on the table for up to six people on a race day at York; and the winning trainer will receive a free six-month lease of a two-stall horsebox from Theault.

“My Father and I worked for several years with John Sanderson at Doncaster Racecourse to persuade the BHB to allow a race of this nature,” said Goffs UK Chairman Henry Beeby. “There were many details that we insisted were just right and we were delighted with the end result which was Europe's Richest Two Year Old Race that year and has proved the most enduring event of its kind. It is a source of immense pride that it has featured in the careers of several top class racehorses and sires whilst helping our yearling sales to progress to hitherto unheralded heights. Dad always looked forward to the race and would have been very touched to learn of its renaming. I am very grateful to my Goffs colleagues and the team at York for this generous gesture.”

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This year's renewal of the five-furlong dash is dominated by the 3-year-olds, with Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg's Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) bidding for compensation for a narrow defeat on his previous visit to Britain in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot last June. Since that reversal, the colt rated by Wesley Ward as potentially the best he has trained has been gradually honed across the Atlantic, annexing Keeneland's GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and the GIII Quick Call S. at Saratoga July 15. His pioneering trainer needs no reminding of the slim defeat of his star turn Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) in the 2017 renewal, two years after Acapulco (Scat Daddy) was also denied in this contest, and so a win from Golden Pal would be a case of amends made. “Our guy has really travelled over very well and has done everything right to this point–I'm very, very pleased and happy,” he said. “I'm happy with the rider and the horse and the race conditions here at York. I can't have anything right now that I can see is going in the wrong direction. We're all smiles and we'll see what happens on Friday afternoon.”

Electric in the G2 King George S. July 30, George Strawbridge's Suesa (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) will be waiting to pick off Golden Pal and the ultra-fast 3-year-old filly Winter Power (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) and it may be that this is perfectly teed up for her with all that pace laid on ahead. If able to reproduce her emphatic three-length dismissal of Yoshiro Kubota's 'TDN Rising Star' Dragon Symbol (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}) in the Goodwood sprint, she is out on her own in terms of form standard which features only one defeat when a combination of heavy ground and six-furlong trip were against her in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot June 18. “All is well,” trainer Francois Rohaut said of Suesa. “We gave her chance to recover after Goodwood. She hasn't worked that much, she didn't need to. It is one of the best races and we have to forget Ascot. It was the ground there and probably the hill was too much for her. William Buick did the right thing with her that day when he eased her in the final furlong. I am not worried about the track and the ground will be probably good, good-to-firm. She looks nice and hopefully she can repeat her Goodwood performance.”

Dragon Symbol, who can hardly be described as one who the fortunes favour, was demoted behind Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in that dramatic Commonwealth Cup on the day of the storm at Royal Ascot and has been dogged by unsuitably rain-eased ground on three of his last four outings. His subsequent second placings behind Starman (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket July 10 and Suesa in the King George were hard-fought and may have left their mark, but if that is not the case then this flat terrain will play to his strengths. “Dragon Symbol is very versatile with regard to the ground and I think he goes on anything,” trainer Archie Watson commented. “It was heavy at Ascot and softish at Goodwood, but it was quick ground when he chased home Starman in the July Cup so it won't be a problem if it dries out by Friday. I thought he travelled very well at Goodwood, down in trip, but unfortunately two longshot pacemakers came back in his lap. By the time he had got out, he was on the wrong part of the track compared to the winner. I've no issues about taking Suesa on again and I don't think it's unrealistic to think we might turn the tables.”

One who thrives on this track and trip is King Power's Winter Power, with her two runs over it this term eliciting impressive wins in the May 13 Listed Westow S. and July 10 Listed City Walls S. Trainer Tim Easterby was at pains after the latter contest to stress that she needs to learn to do marginally less in the first part of her races and the mastermind behind past sprint supremos Pipalong (Ire) (Pips Pride {GB}), Somnus (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Fayr Jag (Ire) (Fayruz {GB}) has had over a month to work on that. “She's in great form,” he said. “I'm very happy with the draw [in six]. She hasn't been pushed to her limits yet. I'm very happy with her and the ground will be perfect for her.  She's a natural runner and we won't be doing anything fancy with her. She's not a hold-up horse and doesn't have to make the running and she hits the line strong, that's the main thing. You don't want to be kicking for home three from home or you won't win. She's absolutely bang on–she couldn't be better.”

More languid pleasure is available earlier on the card, with Stradivarius returning to the course at which he is unbeaten in four starts during his illustrious career. Denied a run in the G1 Goodwood Cup he had come to own, he has garnered two editions of the 14-furlong G2 Yorkshire Cup and wrapped up the £1million bonus on offer by the Lonsdale Cup's sponsors Weatherbys Hamilton in the 2018 and 2019 runnings of this race. Given that he was denied a clear run when a well-beaten fourth in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot June 17, any predictions that he has lost his potency remain premature and this will address the doubts one way or the other. “We're going to York, a track he knows well, on ground he likes,” John Gosden commented. “He's in great form. We're very aware that he's not as young as he used to be, but then neither is the trainer or the jockey. If he runs well then I'm happy to have a look at the Doncaster Cup, then you can see how you want to play it. He's still enjoying his training, is enthusiastic as ever, but I'm taking it one race at a time.”

Alan King has yet to commit to Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) running under his three-pound penalty, given his predilection for the testing conditions he made light of in the July 27 G1 Goodwood Cup robbed of its reigning monarch. “The horse has gone up and we'll see in the morning,” he said on Thursday. “He's in very good order, but there's no point saying any more at this stage.” Also taken out of the Goodwood Cup along with Stradivarius was Team Valor and Gary Barber's Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}), who was third in the Gold Cup having won the most recent renewal of the Yorkshire Cup here May 14. “The weather forecast looks good for Spanish Mission if the rain holds off and he's in good form,” trainer Andrew Balding said. “Obviously Stradivarius and Trueshan are tough opponents, but Spanish Mission was good in the Yorkshire Cup and a bit of course form helps. This has been the intention for a while and hopefully he'll run well.”

Also on York's card is the G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack S. for the 2-year-olds, in which Al Shaqab Racing's Lusail (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) carries a three-pound penalty along with the June 15 G2 Coventry S. scorer Berkshire Shadow (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Lusail beat the subsequent G2 Richmond S. winner Asymmetric (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) and the G1 Phoenix S. hero Ebro River (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) in the G2 July S. over this six-furlong trip at Newmarket July 8, while Berkshire Shadow may have been outstayed when runner-up in the seven-furlong G2 Vintage S. on soft ground at Goodwood July 27.

Richard Hannon said of Lusail, “The form of his win in the July S. couldn't have worked out any better and that obviously gives us plenty of confidence. The good thing about Lusail is that he's incredibly easy to train. He isn't flashy in his work, but neither is Snow Lantern yet he seems to come alive on the race track and he already has experience at York having won on debut. This is no 'gimme', but there's no doubt he has the best form coming into it and we'll obviously be disappointed if he doesn't go close to winning.”

Soft ground at Goodwood may have played against Clarendon Thoroughbred Racing's Fearby (Ire) (Havana Gold {Ire}) as he was brushed aside by Lusail's stablemate Armor (GB) (No Nay Never) in the five-furlong G3 Molecomb S. July 28. He was impressive on good-to-soft on his prior start when the five-length winner of the Listed Dragon S. over that trip at Sandown July 2 and trainer Edward Bethell is hoping he can find improvement upped in trip. “He goes there in really good form,” he said. “I think the step up to six will hopefully be in his favour and we're going there hopeful. He's not ground-dependent, he'll run whatever the ground and I think a fast ground six will be better than a soft-ground six.”

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Trainer Francois Rohaut said, “The filly is ok, so the plan is to come [to York]. It's very exciting and we are very happy to be in this race. She had a good canter on Tuesday in Deauville where she's staying. I am very happy with her.

“I walked her [on Wednesday afternoon] and she was jumping everywhere and was very fresh and happy to be in Deauville. I hope she'll be happy to go and to be in York.”

Wesley Ward had an update on two-time Grade II winner Golden Pal, who is expected to fly in on Friday. Second in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot at two, the bay won the Skidmore S. at Saratoga later that year and added the GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 6. Acquired by the Coolmore partners of Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg from breeder Randall Lowe prior to the start of his 3-year-old year, Golden Pal was first past the post in the GIII Quick Call S. at Saratoga on July 15.

Ward–who plans to fly in for the race–said, “He's bigger, stronger, faster. I think we're in good shape. He breezed on the grass at Keeneland [on Wednesday]–a really nice workout, a final piece of fast work.

“We're ready to go. Everything's going to plan. This time we're hoping to get lucky.”

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“I suppose we were a bit unsure going into the Guineas, because we’d always viewed her as a middle-distance filly,” Aidan O’Brien commented. “We were obviously delighted with what she did at Newmarket and it all went well between then and the Oaks. Obviously, what she then went and did in the Oaks we were delighted with, and everything she has done between then and now has pleased us. Hopefully this is the start of her preparation for the start of the autumn. We’re looking forward to seeing her run.”

As much rain as possible is the key for Waverley Racing’s Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who put the subsequent G2 Hardwicke S. winner Fanny Logan (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) to the sword in the G3 Pinnacle S. over an extended 11 furlongs at Haydock on June 7 before following up with a bloodless win in the G2 Lancashire Oaks back there on July 5. John Gosden saddles Anthony Oppenheimer’s June 16 G2 Ribblesdale S. winner Frankly Darling (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who looked unhappy on Epsom’s contours when a non-threatening third in the Oaks and will be much more at home on this terrain, and Juddmonte’s Franconia (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

Franconia beat the classy trio of Cabaletta (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Chamade (GB) (Sepoy {Aus}) and Wonderful Tonight  (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) in the 10-furlong Listed Abingdon Fillies’ S. at Newbury on June 13 before taking the Listed Lyric Fillies’ S. over the Juddmonte International trip here on July 26. “She hasn’t done much wrong in her couple of starts this year and she’s obviously won at the track, which is definitely a plus,” rider James Doyle said. “There’s plenty of upside to her. Obviously it’s going to be a tough race, with Love in there–she’s going to be a ridiculously short price, but quite rightly so I guess. Hopefully we go there with a nice chance.”

Craig Bernick’s One Voice (Ire) (Poet’s Voice {GB}) tries a mile and a half for the first time after winning the G3 Blue Wind S. at Leopardstown on June 21 and giving Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) a scare when a neck second in Goodwood’s G1 Nassau S. on July 30. In between, she was a luckless fifth in The Curragh’s nine-furlong G2 Kilboy Estate S. on July 19 and she has yet to convince that she is crying out for this trip on ground which will be the slowest she has raced on.

“We were delighted with One Voice’s run in the Nassau and she came out of the race really well,” trainer Jessie Harrington said. “Fancy Blue had beaten my filly [Alpine Star] in the Prix de Diane and so we kind of had a bit of a line and we felt our filly would improve again for going up in trip, which she did. The time before, at The Curragh, it was one of those stupid things. She got into a pocket and couldn’t get out, so we put a line through that. She didn’t have a hard race and that’s why we went from there to Goodwood. She’s a filly that has improved all year and her pedigree suggests she should be even better over a mile and a half. I know it’s a big ask with Love in there, but you have to try.”

Opening the card is the G2 Sky Bet Lowther S. for the juvenile fillies over six furlongs, in which Cheveley Park Stud’s Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) is likely to start favourite having been laid out by William Haggas following her second to Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in the five-furlong G2 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot on June 20. David Loughnane relies on Santosha (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}), who followed her third in Newmarket’s G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. on July 10 with a gutsy win in Ascot’s G3 Princess Margaret S. on July 26. She is re-opposed by Hala Hala Hala (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), who has 3/4 of a length to make up having finished runner-up there. One of the more interesting unexposed types is Saeed bin Mohammed Al Qassimi’s July 29 Thirsk maiden winner Umm Kulthum (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) from the Richard Fahey stable which is one of the local yards to prioritise this meeting. While she needs to improve on the bare form of that five-furlong debut, she gave the impression she has talent to make an impact at black-type level.

Two-year-olds also get a chance to shine in the £180,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling S. over six furlongs and it will be a surprise if Russell Jones’s Devious Company (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) cannot make his class tell having finished closest to two of the best of his generation seen so far. Having chased home Master of the Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in Newmarket’s G2 Superlative S. on July 11, he was also runner-up to Battleground (War Front) in the G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood on July 28. His main opposition appears to be the filly Happy Romance (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), who has already won one of these sales races having taken Newbury’s five-furlong Weatherbys Super Sprint S. on July 19, and the June 14 Doncaster maiden scorer Uncle Jumbo (GB) (Territories {Ire}). The aforementioned Lyric S. runner-up Gold Wand is one of the main protagonists for the Listed British EBF & Sir Henry Cecil Galtres S. over the Yorkshire Oaks trip.

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