Mark Howard has his best bets for the Dante Festival at York this week, including...
Andrew Balding, who came close to Classic glory in France on Sunday, has made a tremendous start to the turf season with 15 winners during April and another half a dozen this month already.
There is a feeling within the Kingsclere operation that the lightly raced GALLANT has plenty more to offer and he can go well in the seven furlongs handicap for three year olds on day one (4.18).
A €170,000 breeze-up buy, the Hello Youmzain colt has raced four times, all of which have been over six furlongs. A half-brother to former stablemate Straight Right, who was a Listed winner over a mile, he is bred to improve over an extra furlong here. A juvenile winner at Kempton on his second outing in October last year, the Balding runner looked in need of the outing on his return to action at Lingfield in late March.
