Dubai Gold Cup winner Broome will be one of seven horses in the race as he attempts to give Aidan O’Brien a first victory in the Boodles Yorkshire Cup on Friday.
The Group Two York marathon has eluded the master of Ballydoyle throughout his impressive career, but he possesses a strong hand on this occasion, having seen his Royal Ascot winner thrive for the step up to two miles at Meydan where he downed the reopposing Siskany close to the finish.
Brian Ellison’s Tashkhan was amongst the beaten horses then and will try to improve on last year’s third in this race, while Roger Varian’s St Leger hero Eldar Eldarov has Ascot Gold Cup aspirations and will be looking to confirm Doncaster form over Marco Botti’s Leger third Giavellotto.
