Charley to be Ebor darling

JOHN GOSDEN is always to be feared when he saddles a runner in a big handicap and his Charley Bates stands out in the Tote Ebor at York today.

He is a lightly-raced son of the trainer’s Derby hero Benny The Dip and he has come on in leaps and bounds this season since being gelded in the winter.

The three-year-old kicked-off this campaign with a staying-on second over an inadequate 10 furlongs in a Windsor maiden and bolted up over a mile and a half next time at Chester from subsequent winner Lingo.