Karl Burke 2023 York Sky Bet Ebor Festival stable tour

Race: Sky Bet Lowther Stakes.

She's a definite runner here. She's a high-class filly who finished third in the Queen Mary, and I think the step up to six furlongs will suit, certainly on a flat track like York. She goes there with a great chance.

Race: Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes.

She just didn't fire and didn't perform at Royal Ascot, and I think it was the ground more than anything. The race also developed away from her on the far side, so it was a bit of a non event really, but she's in cracking form.

We were hoping to run her in the King George at Goodwood, but the ground turned against us. Good ground will be perfect for her and she goes there with a good chance.

Race: Sky Bet And Symphony Group Handicap.

He's a frustrating horse in lots of ways. He always seems to get himself beat at the start, but he's got a lot of ability, if we can every get the stalls sorted with him!

He goes for the first race of the meeting on Wednesday over five and a half furlongs. He will go there with a great chance as he loves York.

Race: Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes.

He's always been a horse that we've thought a lot of. He went to York first time out and I thought he'd win, but he completely lost the plot as two-year-old's, or any horse, can at York.

He got very randy and his mind just wasn't on the job. He finished third, and we were disappointed on the day, but I knew that wasn't his true running.

Then we went to Carlisle where we thought we were going to pinch a little race, but we got beat by a good horse of Richard Fahey's. We made the running that day, which didn't really suit as it was only a small field, and we were then scratching our heads a little bit after that.

We then went to Newcastle and finally got it all together. He bolted up under P J McDonald and it was onwards and upwards after that. It was a very good performance from him at Sandown and he basically got stuck in the mud at Goodwood.

I think if we had a decent draw to slot in where the eventual second was - he was always a length or two in front of us tracking the eventual winner, Big Evs - I think if we'd have been able to have that position early on, we would have probably won, despite the ground. I'm convinced he's a high-class horse.

It was a tough race on that ground (at Goodwood) but he's come out of it really well. If he goes to York in good form, I see no reason why he shouldn't run a big race.

Race: Yorkshire Oaks.

She will head to the Yorkshire Oaks. That's her target. It's a shame she has to take on Poptronic in some ways, but they both deserve their chance.

We were campaigning Novakai over a mile and a quarter early on, and that didn't quite work, so when we stepped her up to a mile and a half in a Listed race at Newmarket, she absolutely bolted up.

We're throwing her in the deep end again, but she was Group One-placed at two, so she deserves her chance.

Race: Yorkshire Oaks.

She will also head there (Yorkshire Oaks). Poptronic is on a good upward curve and she produced a great performance at Haydock last time out. She stays very well and will probably stay further than a mile and a half.

There's a couple of three-year-old's, both owned by Sheikh Obaid, that I really like. Liberty Lane and Poet Master are two very good, and well-handicapped, horses at the moment. Liberty Lane would probably want a little bit of juice in the ground to produce his best, but they're two nice horses to keep an eye on.