Betfair ambassador and jockey Ryan Moore previews day three of the Ebor Festival at York. Moore has a full book of seven rides on the card.
The Ebor Festival is a four-day race meeting held at York Racecourse in York, England, each August. This year's festival will take place from Wednesday 23 - Saturday August 26.
Moore has big-race rides aboard Aesop’s Fables in the Nunthorpe and Dubai Gold Cup winner Broome in the Group 2 Lonsdale Cup.
The jockey previews both rides below - as well as his other five rides on the day three card on the Knavesmire.
York - day 3
1.50 - Marharba The Champ
"He clearly hasn't run up to his best on his last two starts but as a result he is only 1lb higher than when winning here in May, so he clearly has a good chance if he can reproduce that effort,"said Moore.
2.25 - Broome
"Five of these are potential winners and Broome is obviously one of those. He will love it if the ground remains on the quick side and he ran well when third to Giavellotto in the Yorkshire Cup here in May. He gets 3lb off the top two and I reckon he is set to go well on this surface; a combination of 2m on quick ground suits him."
3.00 - Johannes Brahms
"I rode Kylian in the Molecomb and we didn't see the best of him there. He may be the one to beat, up in trip, but Johannes Brahms is a colt with improvement in him. He already brings a good level of form to the table, winning over 6f on his debut and then chasing home Big Evs stepped down to 5f in the Windsor Castle, and he is a horse I like," added Moore
3.35 - Aesop’s Fables
"It's pretty obvious that he has a fair bit to find with the likes of Highfield Princess but he is a pretty lightly-raced colt and this juvenile Group 2 winner ran well behind Shaquille at Newbury last time. He is a plausible outsider but he clearly has a very tough task."
Do we think Moore would have still picked Johannes Brahms if he didnt have his O'Brien commitments?
Kylian managed to get closer to Big Evs LTO on softer ground than JB did at Royal Ascot 🤔#York #Ebor #Kylian #Gimcrackpic.twitter.com/aXzICpUD8M— The Final Flight Podcast🏇🏇 (@FinalFlightPod) August 25, 2023
4.10 - Sirona
"She was rated a fair bit higher at two and she is on the same mark as when a good second on quick ground over a mile at Newmarket last month. You'd think the step back up in trip ought to suit her."
4.45 - Battle Cry
"This will be a very competitive maiden as usual, as it should be for the money, but Battle Cry improved a good deal when second at Down Royal last time. He will need to improve again but he is going the right way."
5.15 - English Oak
"He has a solid chance on his Newmarket third last time, on which he looks fairly handicapped to me. He is a well-related Wootton Bassett colt, too, so the pedigree suggests he should be competitive off a mark of 90."
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