Day 1 of York's Dante meeting takes centre stage today and here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
York
J: K Shoemark
T: J & T Gosden
Friendly Soul only had the 1 run as a 2-year old last December where she stayed on well to win. She showed the benefit of a winter on her back when returning to action at Newmarket earlier this month in the Pretty Polly Stakes where she won cosily from a race-fit well fancied filly, the pair pulling 12 lengths clear of the 3rd. Friendly Soul was still a bit green and raw in that race and looks just the type of horse to improve with her racing. Connections feel she is more a 1m2f type and a nice galloping track like York should suit her really well. If showing no ill effects of her run from 10 days ago, she should go close to winning today. Friendly Soul rates a 4 star win Pick.