Day 2 of York's Dante meeting takes centre stage and here are the thoughts of our Long Shot tipster.
York
J: D Fentiman
T: T D Easterby
Cruyff Turn won this race in 2022 and was a fair 7th in this race last year, where he was running off a mark of 96. He won at Redcar last season but was in the main disappointing especially towards the back end of the year. Cruyff Turn returned to action in the Thirsk Hunt Cup at the start of the month and looked like he was badly in need of the run, fading close home. With that run under his belt it must be that he has been primed for this race as one of his seasonal targets and now racing off a mark of just 88 he is beginning to look a well handicapped horse. Cruyff Turn has a good draw in stall 3 to attack from and may well run better than his odds suggest. Cruyff Turn rates a 3 star each way Pick.