FAHEY: HARRISON BACK TO WORKABLE MARK

Ebor week is huge for our yard, everyone loves Royal Ascot but this is where I need winners. It will be tough but then again it always is.

Irish Heartbeat ran better at Doncaster on Saturday and we drop him back to five furlongs for the Symphony Group Handicap, the opening race on Wednesday. The more rain the better for him as it will slow them down a bit. He's been a little disappointing this year but the Doncaster run was a step back in the right direction.

We've also declared Johannes but he ran no race in the Great St Wilfrid on Saturday. It if carries on raining he's not 100 per cent certain to run and I'll have to speak to the owners. They'll be keen to go and we'll make a late decision but soft ground would be against him.

Our Boy Jack runs in the sportingbet.com Nursery at 1615. He's got to step up on what he's done so far but he's a nice horse. He was favourite for the Brocklesby and we thought quite a lot of him early on but he's taken a while to get his head in front.

He did that the last day though and just recently is starting to get everything together. He could run a big race in a competitive contest.

I'll have my hands full before the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Handicap as we have four runners in Wednesday's finale.

Our Joe Mac ran well at Goodwood, he came there strongly and I thought he was going to win. The ground will be perfect for him at York and he just needs a little luck. We fancied him for the Lincoln and while he hasn't won this season he has run some very good races. He's been very consistent but has to step up again - this is the Ebor Meeting.

The handicapper has Demolition to a tee. He keeps running well and his rating isn't dropping. He'll need others to underperform to win but is in great form.

Kay Gee Be is also as high as he wants to be and we have no excuses, his last two runs are as good as he is. There could be a little left in Ingleby Spirit who has had a break and will love the ground. We've schooled him and he's ready to go jumping but we thought we'd give him another spin on the Flat. It'll be tough and if I had to pick one of ours it would be Our Joe Mac.

Thursday opens with the DBS Premier Yearling Stakes and we've two runners chasing the big pot.

Miss Work Of Art is proving just a little disappointing of late and it's just a case of have the other two-year-olds caught her up. She's never run on the ground before but that could be in her favour and she's working well.

Worthington hasn't done much wrong but needs to step to win this. It's a race that the colts have traditionally dominated and it will be interesting to see what happens.

The Addleshaw Goddard Stakes is a very competitive handicap. Harrison George has come down to a workable mark and loves the track, it's very, very tough but if he's back to his best he'd be my best chance of winning it.

Prime Exhibit has had a good break and will love the ground but Harrison looks back on a winning mark and can hopefully run very well.

Cracking Lass has 16lbs to find on the principals in the EBF 'Selkirk' Galtres Stakes and we're just trying to nick a bit more Black Type with her. She was placed in the Braveheart at Hamilton and we'd like a bit more. We could have found an easier race to do it in but we've stuck blinkers on her for the first time.

I'll be back on Thursday evening with my thoughts on the team for the rest of the meeting but over the opening two days my best bet would be Harrison George each-way.

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