Richard Fahey: Gabrial the great horse-by-horse guide to Dante Festival

Leading Yorkshire trainer Richard Fahey goes through his runners for the second day of York's Dante Festival.

I have several runners at York and Thursday and we kick off in the Betfred TV Hambleton Stakes. Gabrial ran a blinder at Chester the other day and has gone up two pounds as a result. We’re running him back quickly and you can never be sure how they’ll go but he seems in great form.

Loving Spirit would like rain. He just seemed to get tired on his first start for us at Newbury and should have come on for that but his best form is with cut.

I was delighted when Zuhoor Baynoona won on her reappearance at Bath, she did it well from a bad draw. The handicapper clearly disagreed and left her mark unchanged but she’s going in grade for the British Stallion Studs EBF Westow Stakes. She’s a filly we like but this is a tough test for her.

Another Touch is a quite a nice colt who makes his debut in the Stratford Place Stud Licence To Thrill EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes. This looks a very warm race on paper and while we do like our fellow, whether he’s up to winning this first time out I wouldn’t like to say.

We also run Bahamian Sunshine. I hope he shapes well as he’s owned by four good friends of mine who were very keen to have owners’ badges for the day!

Finally we have Tiger Lilly in the closing Investec Private Bank Stakes. She’s not ideally drawn in 16 for her reappearance but she’s a filly who stays very well and tries hard. I’d never draw a line through her.

*Richard will be back later in the week to preview his York team for Friday and all his runners around the country on Saturday.