A review of the action and free video replays from Saturday of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York.

A remarkable season for Sondad (17/2) gained another chapter with a narrow victory in the Sky Bet Constantine Handicap over six furlongs at York.

Trained by Michael and David Easterby, the grandfather and uncle of jockey Joanna Mason, Sondad had already won valuable handicaps at big meetings at Epsom and the Curragh this season.

There were runners spread across the whole width of the Knavesmire as the line drew close with Far Above The Storm finishing well in the centre and the call for a photo finish went out from the judge.

A short while later, the result was called to loud cheers from the crowd with Sondad confirmed the winner by the minimum margin of a nose.

Coul Angel was third with the heavily backed 85/40 favourite Dance In The Storm fourth.

Mason couldn't stop smiling during her Racing TV interview, saying: "I thought I might have just held on.

"I was just behind Kieran [Shoemark, jockey off Far Above The Storm] at Goodwood, I don't know if it was the same for him, whether on a downhill course like that it was all just happening a bit too quick for me.

"Now he's on a high mark a bit of cut in the ground does help him, although he does go on anything. He travelled strongly and, if anything, I'd have liked something to take me into it a bit more but there's a reason why he's got the visors on, he can idle a little bit but hopefully he saw that one coming and stuck out his nose!

"He's a credit to himself, he's such a laidback character; he just takes it all in his stride, doesn't overdo himself. Serena [Brotherton] rides him out every day, I got told he was too good a ride so I wasn't allowed to ride him out every day!"

A Boy to watch

Sale Shark (17/2) cut down the trailblazing 2/1 favourite Adonius to win the Listed Julia Graves Roses Stakes and reverse their form from Goodwood.

It was a second winner of the week for Hugo Palmer who said: "One hundred per cent.

"I think that's the first time I've ever stood here thinking that is the answer, it went exactly to plan.

"We thought Adonius would go forward, give us a nice tow, we'd try and latch onto his tail and have a crack at him. He finished in front of us at Goodwood; we were a little bit disappointed at Goodwood, not certain he handled the track, coming downhill on that fast ground.

"Bayside Boy [sire] was a soft ground horse himself. They've had a remarkable season on firm ground. It remains to be seen what the autumn is going to be like for them - we've got a lovely one at home that's yet to run - once they get their toe in. He looks like he's the real deal.

"The Flying Childers is the obvious step and if that went well, if we were in the three there, then probably Keeneland [for the Breeders' Cup]. He's pretty professional, had loads of racing, I think he'll go really well round the turns there, doesn't matter what the weather throws at him. The owners would love it."

Raammee Lama Ding Dong!

It wasn't pretty but John Smith's Cup winner Raammee sent favourite backers home happy with a gutsy performance in the Sky Bet Dav Reid Finale Handicap.

Available at 4/1 on Friday, Roger Varian's chance was sent off the 13/8 favourite to repeat his course and distance success and provided a really gutsy performance under Ray Dawson.

It looked hard work in the closing stages and there were challengers to the left and to the right of the top-weight but Raammee answered every call to deny Thunder Run by half a length.

Bourbon Blues finished a length away in third to back up a similarly big run at Goodwood, just edging out Shafdar by a neck.

Dawson said: "He's a beautiful animal, lovely animal to look at and Roger's trained him to perfection.

"He was quite sensitive last year and beginning of the year and he's just slowly brought him along with his confidence growing. He had to be tough there, he was carrying a lot of weight. He liked the ground but it was sticky and it was hard work; he really had to dig deep to get his neck in front but once he did the race was always going to be ours.

"I was always going to aim for the inside run. I didn't think I was going to be that far over turning in but I was drawn low and was aiming to be on the rail the whole way round, a clear run is very important in these types of races and we got a lovely clear run."

When asked if the Cambridgeshire might be on the agenda, Dawson replied: "It's probably a little too short for him, I wouldn't say he's a Cambridgeshire horse but that's not my job! I think the plan was always to step up in level after today and we'll see where he goes."

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