Rain in York fails to change going for Ebor Festival

The ground at York has eased slightly ahead of the start of the Ebor meeting after light rain on Tuesday.

The four-day fixture kicks off on Wednesday with the Juddmonte International, which features a clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles, the pick of the action.

Assistant clerk of the course Anthea Morshead reports there to have been some wet weather since 5am on Tuesday, with the ground now good, good to firm in places after previously having been largely on the quicker side.

She said: "It's been raining since 5am - it's just mizzle, really.

"Towards the east they are getting a lot more, the likes of Beverley and Driffield, but west of us they've had hardly any.

"It depends which forecast you look at (as to how much more rain will fall) but the Met Office are telling us it will stay like this most of today before dying out in the evening and being a dry day tomorrow, with showers forecast for tomorrow evening."

Connections of Gleneagles are adamant that their star colt needs quick ground in order to run with trainer Aidan O'Brien saying: "On good fast ground, a mile and a quarter there would be a good race for him."