Stoute team ready for York

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Sir Michael Stoute has revealed a typically strong team for next week’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival.

The Newmarket-based trainer will be represented in two of the meeting’s Group 1 contests, by Exosphere and Queen’s Trust.

Exosphere, who won the Jockey Club Stakes in April and was third in another Newmarket Group 2 on his last start, will contest the richest race of the Festival and Britain’s highest rated, the Juddmonte International on Wednesday (17 August).

Queen’s Trust returns to a mile and a half in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Thursday, August 18) after running a fine race to finish second to the brilliant Minding over ten furlongs in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood a fortnight ago.

The Newmarket based knight, also plans to send Royal Ascot hero Across The Stars for the Group 2 Betway Great Voltigeur Stakes on the opening afternoon, although he will have to carry a 3lb penalty for his Berkshire success.

Stoute said: “Exosphere will run in the Juddmonte. We are putting him back to a …

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