IT is the 30th Timeform Charity Day at York tomorrow and North Yorkshire trainers, successful in six of the seven races on last year's card, are out to do well again.
Mick Easterby, who completed a double 12 months ago, is a vital part of the home team and, in joining forces with 11-times champion jockey Pat Eddery, the Sheriff Hutton trainer clearly means business.
Eddery has the mount on Easterby's William's Well in the opening race, the Charles Henry Memorial Handicap.
William's Well, a winner at Nottingham three outings ago, has since run two cracking races in defeat on ground softer than he prefers.
Stepping up to six furlongs from five tomorrow will not bother him in the slightest. This tough gelding can provide owners Ken and Judith Hodgson with a victory to savour.
Easterby has also booked Eddery to partner Pension Fund in the Cadogan Silver Salver Trophy, a race Easterby won last year with Dee Pee Tee Cee.
Pension Fund ran a blinder at Chester last month on his comeback, finishing third to Noukair. He has excellent prospects of stepping up on that performance tomorrow.
Richard Fahey can also make his presence felt by completing a double.
The Butterwick trainer has Chief Monarch lined-up for the Queen Mother's Cup - the richest ladies' race in Britain - and this tough and talented handicapper should go well.
A fine third at Epsom last week to Supply And Demand underlined Chief Monarch's well-being and a similar display here should see him fighting out the finish.
Fahey can also score with Vintage Premium, the apple of the trainer's eye and who goes for the Daniel Prenn Royal Yorkshire Rated Handicap.
This high-class three-year-old finished an excellent to Atlantic Rhapsody in a valuable handicap on soft ground at Haydock last time.
Although conditions will be a lot livelier on Knavesmire tomorrow, Fahey is optimistic that Robert Winston's mount will cope admirably .
The William Hill Trophy Handicap, with £52,000 in added prize money, is the feature race on this splendid York programme, but here the focus shifts away from Yorkshire in search of the winner.
Glenrock, trained by Alan Berry at Cockerham on the other side of the Pennines, has rock-solid claims and is awarded the Nap vote.
A dual-winner last season, Glenrock came out best of those drawn on the unfavoured stands side when beaten under a length in to fifth place in a hot 30-runner handicap at Newmarket on his latest start.
From a stable in form, and with John Carroll in the saddle, Glenrock is strongly fancied to win tomorrow.
Two-year-old Chianti, trained by John Dunlop, should not be underestimated on his debut tomorrow, when he will have Eddery on board in the Leonard Sainer Maiden Stakes.
The closing race, the Michael Sobell Maiden Stakes looks best left to the promising Asly from the Sir Michael Stoute stable.
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