Sky Bet Ebor Festival - The Horses are coming...

As we count down to our feature meeting (19-22 August), we’ll post stories about the running plans of those star horses and jockeys here.

Constitution River has Juddmonte International on his radar.

Tuesday 7 July

Leading trainer, Aidan O'Brien, is giving "strong consideration" to running Constitution River in the richest race ever run on the Knavesmire, the £1.5m Juddmonte International, to be staged on Wednesday 19 August.

Speaking to the Racing Post on Monday 6 July he said “Constitution River has had three runs now so the plan is to give him an easy time of things for a few weeks before we'll get him going again for some of those big races in the autumn.

"We'll see what the lads want to do with him, but obviously the Juddmonte International and the Irish Champion Stakes would be his two big options next. He could do one or the other, or he could do both. We have done both in the past so he could do both, but we'll just have to see what way things pan out and how he is over the next few weeks."

The Eclipse winner would likely head for a mouthwatering clash with defending champion, Ombudsman, who is officially the highest-rated horse in the world after being given a mark of 132 following his explosive Prince of Wales's Stakes victory at Royal Ascot.

Constitution Hill entered for the Sky Bet Ebor

Tuesday 7 July

One of the feelgood stories of the year could continue at York on Saturday 22^nd August, after Constitution Hill was entered for the Sky Bet Ebor.

After a fabulous career over hurdles the Nicky Henderson-trained star has shifted to contending in major flat handicaps. His initial runs generated excitement both in the stands and in the betting markets. Watch this space…..

Entries for the feature races

Tuesday 7 July

To see the full list of entries for the early-closing feature races at the Sky Bet Ebor Festival follow the links

Group One races here.

Group Two races here.