Super Saturday: What the trainers say ahead of the big race meetings at Ascot, Newmarket & York

2.30 York: John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes (Listed)

Roger Varian trainer of Barsanti: "Barsanti is in great form. He ran well at Ascot and he loves York as he has run well there previously. The ground will suit him as enjoys a sound surface. He looks to have very solid credentials. He has run well at this level before and it was a good run in the Hardwicke, but it would be good to make him a stakes winner and this looks a good opportunity. The step back up in trip shouldn't be a problem and I think he will stay it. He was second in the race last year and he has probably improved a bit from 12 months ago. It is a competitive race for the level and it won't be easy to win, but he does hold a solid favourite's chance."

Charlie Appleby trainer of Rare Rhythm: "It looks a bit of match between us and Roger. Obviously Roger's horse put up a great performance in the Hardwicke, but he goes there in great order. The track is there to suit him with it being a nice galloping track. I fancied him the race he won at Royal Ascot 12 months earlier. That day I felt everything was there to suit. I wasn't sure how he would handle the quicker surface having been a past winner on easy ground. It wasn't a surprise as I knew he was fit and his work had been good. He had been gelded and is lighter and more athletic now and is easier to get fitter. It was a pleasant surprise he won, but I was confident he would run a big race. I am hopeful more than confident he will get the trip. The reason we are taking a look at it is it could open up some nice options in the second half of the season. We have got him pencilled in as a possible horse for Australia so I would rather see if we stay first before carting him halfway across the world."

3.05 York: John Smith's Cup

Jeremy Noseda, trainer of Sixties Groove: "Sixties Groove is in great order. In the circumstances he ran very creditably at Royal Ascot and I am happy with how he has come out of Royal Ascot," said the Newmarket handler. He has done one nice piece of work since and we are looking forward to Saturday's race. Gerald Mosse will take the ride. The track, trip and likely fast-ish ground all should be suitable. He goes there with a very solid chance."

Bruce Raymond, racing manager for Ballet Concerto owner Saeed Suhail: "He ran a very good race in the Hunt Cup when he didn't see a lot of daylight, so I think this race will be much more suitable for him. This is his distance. I would say good, draw, good trip, good chance."

Rod Millman trainer of Master Carpenter: "If they get rain in the morning it would increase his chances. When there's give in the ground he's an exceptionally good horse. He put up a really good performance when he won there earlier in the year. He's only been to York twice and won both times."

Roger Varian trainer of UAE Prince and Central Square: "UAE Prince is a lovely horse and he has been gelded since his last run. He has a tough draw in stall 20 and obviously we would have preferred to have been drawn better. He is in great form, though. A mile and a quarter on this sort of ground around a track like York is perfect.

"Central Square is sound, talented horse. He has a good draw (eight) and will love the track and the ground and he holds a decent chance, I think. He ran a big race at Ascot. He threw it away at the start for some reason. He probably gave them a 10-length head start and was beaten three lengths. We were left frustrated at Royal Ascot, but he has got a big race left in him. Let's hope that's on Saturday."

Tim Easterby trainer of Snoano: "He's in great form and he should run well. Everything's been good since Ascot, so it's fingers crossed."

David Simcock trainer of Majeed and Dragon Mall: "The John Smith's Cup is a lovely race for these older exposed horses. Both Majeed and Dragon Mall could have a good each-way chance. Majeed was arguably unlucky in the Wolferton. He seems in good order and York is a track that should suit him.

"Dragon Mall is mercurial. He is a talented horse who did remarkably well to be beaten just over three lengths last time at Ascot considering how he raced early on. If the real Dragon Mall turns up on the day he'd be very competitive."

Eve Johnson Houghton, trainer of Scarlet Dragon: "He's in good form and he' a course and distance winner. He's got top weight but it's a very tight handicap so he doesn't have to give lumps of weight away, so we like to think he has a good each-way chance. He'll come on a little bit for his run in the Wolferton. I know it sounds ridiculous to say Royal Ascot was a prep run, but we were always aiming for this race."

Mick Appleby, trainer of Big Country: "Last week probably proved he doesn't stay, although that is still debatable. The draw didn't help and neither did our other horse, Farquhar, going off so quick - that messed him up a bit. It is hard to know whether gets that trip. Personally I think he does if you hold on to him, but at the moment I would see this trip as being better for him. We would then look to give him a break and go for the Cambridgeshire. If it is any quicker then good we won't run, but he seems to have come out of Haydock well. If he hadn't we wouldn't have considered running him again so quick, but he seems in good order."

3.50 Ascot:  Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) 

Ruth Carr trainer of Sovereign Debt: "We have been heading towards this race at Ascot for a while and any rain they get will help. We gave him a couple of easy weeks after Epsom. Since then we have stepped his work back up and he should be spot on," said the North Yorkshire handler. I do keeping thinking one day we will go to the races and be disappointed, but he has exceeded our expectations. He just keeps stepping up to it. Obviously he will have a small penalty to carry for his Group Two win at Sandown and there are some good horses entered in it, but he always gives it his all and has done since we've had him. I think possibly riding him a bit more positive has helped. Riding him further back is more risky and he often got into trouble and always seemed to be the hard luck story, but now we have made it simpler and I think has helped. Hopefully we can have another big day again."

Angus Gold, racing manager to owner of Mutakayyef Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum: "He did everything right at Royal Ascot and was beaten by a better horse," said Angus Gold, racing manager to owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. It is well documented he doesn't want the soft ground and they had the rain earlier in the week so I hope it dries up enough. If he runs the same sort of race he ran at Royal Ascot I can't see why he won't take all the beating. He is a very genuine horse and he normally runs his race so I would like to think he will go close. The Sussex is certainly a possible afterwards. We've also got the option of going back up to a mile and a quarter with him as he ran well at York last year and I don't think anybody would say he doesn't stay it. I'm sure at some point he will go back to a mile and quarter, but we will see how he gets on Saturday."

Jane Chapple-Hyam trainer of Kaspersky: "I was hoping it would be a softer race and that everyone would wait for Goodwood and go for the Sussex Stakes. It actually looks like it could be as hot as the Queen Anne," said the Newmarket handler. Last time it was on the straight mile and now they are back on the mile around the turn which will suit him better. He just needs a bit of luck in running. I can't see him winning it, but I would be delighted if he could nick third. He was sent off at high odds last time and was on the wrong side and he might have finished closer to the third then, but you never know. He has showed improvement every run I've had him so hopefully he can find another couple of lengths again. This is likely to be his last run in Britain. He might go to the Prix Gontaut-Biron at Deauville in August but there is also the Strensall Stakes at York on the back of my mind."

Richard Fahey, trainer of Gabrial: "I'd love him to run a big race but the Haggas horse (Mutakayyef) will take the beating on form. He's reliable. The class horse is Mutakayyef, the rest are in a heap, so we'll have to see."

4.00 Newmarket: bet365 Superlative Stakes (Group 2)

Jane Chapple-Hyam trainer of Bullington Bandit:"He is in great order and I'm very hopeful he can put in another good effort. I know they said the Newbury race was slow, but he really put his neck down and showed a good turn of foot. I feel the seven furlongs will be better for him as he was just getting going at the end of the race and hopefully he will be in the shake up. The owner has been very loyal to me and I would like to think I've bought him some good horses in the past - hopefully he can be another one. We were all happy with him before Newbury and he goes in there an improved horse for this race. I finished third in it with Klammer (in 2010) and if this horse can do that, it would be great. I would like to think at this stage of his career he is better than Klammer."

Charlie Appleby trainer of Aqabah and Zaman: "We are going to step him (Aqabah) up to seven. He was fifth in the Coventry and broke his maiden over five. We stepped him up to six at the Curragh on soft ground, but being bred in America, he didn't particularly enjoy that. I felt he ran a solid race in the Coventry. He was caught flat-footed half way, but he stayed on well. He did all his best work in the last furlong and stepping him up to seven, we will see where we are with him."

"I thought it was a good performance (from Zaman) at Pontefract and the second and third brought a good bit to the table. It looks like he is crying out for a step up in trip. He has come out the race well. It wasn't my first plan to head to the Superlative, but I just felt he came out of his last race so well."

Tom Dascombe trainer of Finniston Farm: "He won nicely first time and he showed a great attitude. I think I told everyone he wouldn't get beat and he still went off a 10-1 chance, so there must have been quite a few fancied ones in there. He could do no more than win and the form has been boosted with the third winning since. I have been very pleased with him since. We bypassed Ascot as we thought that would come too soon and this was always the plan. I would like to think the step up in trip will help and hopefully he will run a big race."

Charlie Hills trainer of Nebo: "We have decided to step him up to seven furlongs as there is stacks of stamina on the dam's side. He is a nice, relaxed horse and I can see him getting the seven furlongs without a problem. He was drawn one in the Coventry Stakes and that was not the place to be on the first day. Jim Crowley rode him that day and he said he was asking him to make up the ground up much earlier than he wanted to. He still ran a good race given the circumstances."

Richard Fahey trainer of Great Prospector: "Great Prospector has got to step up again, but we were pleased with his first run at Nottingham. I was just pleased with the way he went through the race and he was always going to win it. That was a maiden and this is a Group Two so it is a bit of a step up, but I think the seven furlongs will suit him. Funnily enough that race has produced some winners. We are happy with him going into this."

4.35 Newmarket Darley July Cup (Group 1)

Aidan O'Brien, trainer of Caravaggio: "He seems to be fine. He hasn't done a lot since Ascot but seems to be in good form. We've been happy with him since."

Clive Cox, trainer of Harry Angel: "I am delighted with him and he is in great nick. The ground should be ideal and we are very much looking forward to it. It was a tough race at Ascot, but I think we came out of that with the impression it was better than any race he had run in before. He is fresh and well and I have been relaxed about turning him out here since his run in the Commonwealth Cup. I think with there only being 10 runners, I am relaxed about the draw. Hopefully it will be a fair and proper race that we can all show our best performances in. Adam Kirby knows the horse well and I will leave tactics to him as to what feels right on the day. He knows the horse well enough and I trust him implicitly. I am very pleased with his preparation and well-being since Ascot. I have got total respect for all the opposition. I still think very highly of our fellow and hopefully there is still more to come."

James Fanshawe, trainer of The Tin Man: "It was great to have a Royal Ascot winner. The Classics and Royal Ascot are the races we all want to go for and to win a Group One, and be presented the Diamond Jubilee trophy by the Queen, was a very special honour. It was a smart performance from Caravaggio, but so was The Tin Man's, they both quickened up very well. I'm looking forward to running him and I will concentrate on him and getting him there in the best possible form. It's by accident he's never run at Newmarket before, it's just the way things have turned out. He handles the Limekilns gallop here in Newmarket and that has a dip in it, so hopefully the track won't be a problem."

Henry Candy, trainer of Limato: "I'm very happy with him and he seems in very good form. The ground is drying out and that should suit him. The opposition is incredible and without doubt it is a stronger race than last year. I was very happy with the run at Ascot. Things didn't quite go his way, but that should have brought him on a bit more. I thought his attitude was right and he seems to be a happy horse again. He seems to be back to himself. I am delighted Harry Bentley is back on him. He is quite a straightforward ride, but it is nice to have the guy who won on him last year back. He has not sat on him since being given the ride back, but he knows him best having ridden him six times before."

Angus Gold, racing manager to Tasleet owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum: "He has done everything right this year. We were very impressed with him at York. It went soft there and it sort of opened up a new avenue for him. I thought he did everything right at Ascot. I half felt sorry for the horse as he had the horse inside him in his sights (Limato) and The Tin Man slipped around the other side and he probably never saw him. He is a horse we like and he is very consistent. He is not a big horse. William was only worried if it got really firm and with the contours whether it would be the right thing (to run him). We will keep an eye on the weather and the conditions. The horse has done nothing wrong and is right up against the best of the best here."

Richard Fahey, trainer of Growl and Mr Lupton: "Both Growl and Mr Lupton will need to step right up to the mark if they are to make much impact in the July Cup, as it looks like it could be a vintage renewal of the race. I'm not worried about a repeat of the stalls problem for Growl, though he will use a rug in the stalls to keep him calm, just as he used to before he came to me. I would prefer slower ground for Growl as they are sure to go incredibly quick. Both my runners have small chances."

5.20 Curragh:  Friarstown Stud Sapphire Stakes (Group 2) 

Sir Mark Prescott, trainer of Marsha: "She ran very well at Ascot. There was nothing between her and Clive Cox's horse (Profitable), but that beastly American horse was three lengths clear and going away. I'm probably biased, but I felt it was probably the best performance of Royal Ascot - I felt she (Lady Aurelia) was the best horse there. Just when you were hoping she would falter, off she went again. The conditions of this race suit her pretty well and I think she ought to run here before the Nunthorpe at York."

Tony Coyle, trainer of Caspian Prince: "He's drawn in stall six, which looks a good draw, and he goes there in good order. I was delighted with his run at Musselburgh and he just seems very well and happy in himself. Sir Mark's filly is obviously good, but hopefully our horse will be there to pick up the pieces if she doesn't run up to scratch. He's rated 110 now and there was nowhere else to go with him."

Darren Bunyan, trainer of Hit The Bid: "He came out of the Rockingham very well and was very unlucky on the day, but that's sprinting for you. This race wasn't originally part of the plan, but he seems to be in the form of his life at the moment, so we decided to supplement him on Tuesday. I think he'll be hard to beat if things go his way, to tell you the truth. As we all know, there can only be a fraction of a second between these top-end sprinters and luck in running can make the difference between finishing first or fourth. Our horse is only a three-year-old and a baby in sprinting terms. He's a very exciting horse."

5.55 Curragh: Darley Irish Oaks (Fillies' Group 1) 

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for Enable's owner Khalid Abdullah: "It's all been very straightforward since Epsom and she has had a good preparation, which you must have before any big race. We've been very pleased with her and are looking forward to running her again. I have to say we were very pleased with the way she came back from Epsom. When they set a race record, you know they are going to have had a hard race and they went break-neck speed throughout."

John Gosden, trainer of Enable and Coronet: "Enable's in great form. She's worked nicely at the end of last week and cantered on Monday. We're happy with her. She won her Cheshire Oaks in great style from Alluringly. We were expecting a huge run in the Oaks and got one. She's by Nathaniel and he got better with age. She's a scopey, rangy filly and learning all the time. She's not had a lot of racing."

"Coronet ran well in France in the Prix Saint-Alary. She got left and was a long way back over the mile and a quarter and ran on well to be third. She got into a muddle at Epsom and didn't handle the hill. She would have been an unlucky loser of the Ribblesdale. She was checked in the straight and still got out and won. She's a filly who stays every inch."

Aidan O'Brien, trainer of Alluringly and Rain Goddess: "Alluringly is in good form. She ran a bit disappointing in Ascot and we're not sure the reason why, but she seems to be in good form since.

"It's a step up to a mile and a half for the other filly (Rain Goddess) and we're not sure about that. She seemed to get the mile and a quarter OK at the Curragh last time, so we'll find out a lot more about her, but we couldn't be sure about the mile and a half."

John Oxx trainer of Naughty Or Nice and Bengala: "Her first two runs were promising and the form has worked out quite well. She had a bit of a disaster when she ran at Royal Ascot. We didn't find out anything about her. On ratings she has quite a bit to find with Enable, obviously, but after Enable, who looks outstanding, the rest of them are much of a muchness, I suppose. You'd be hard pressed to pick the second-best filly at the moment and I think it's an open race apart from the favourite. Everybody thinks they might have a chance of being in the first four."