The Ebor Festival opens today at York. Four days of top-quality Flat racing begin this afternoon with the Great Voltigeur Stakes Group 2 and the Melrose Handicap — the most important St Leger trial and the most important Ebor Handicap form reference of the entire week.
Yesterday's NAP won — £10 stake returned £25.00. The run of form continues into the festival.
The Great Voltigeur Stakes
The Great Voltigeur is a Group 2 over a mile and a half for three-year-old colts — the most important Classic trial of the summer and one of the races that most directly shapes the St Leger market for Doncaster in September. A horse who wins the Voltigeur impressively, on good ground at York with stamina to spare in the closing stages, is the automatic St Leger favourite. The form from this race is reliable, the track is fair, and the field is self-selecting toward genuine Classic-generation staying talent.
The Melrose Handicap
The Melrose Handicap over a mile and three-quarters is the Ebor Handicap's most direct form reference. Horses who run well today and are entered in the Ebor on Saturday are the ones to track closely through the week. A horse who finishes first or second in the Melrose before stepping up to a mile and six furlongs in the Ebor represents the clearest form pointer of the entire festival.
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