{"id":359896,"date":"2025-08-20T16:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359896\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:52:22","slug":"york-ebor-festival-day-two-football-racing-news-star-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359896\/","title":{"rendered":"York Ebor Festival \u2013 Day Two \u2013 Football &#038; Racing News \u2013 Star Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t                <img width=\"866\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/George-Boughey-866-x-578-launch-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Star Sports\u2019 racing ambassador <strong>GEORGE BOUGHEY<\/strong> looks ahead to his runners and riders on the second day of the 2025 Ebor Festival at York, and also at Newcastle!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/starsports.bet\/sport\/horseracing?btag=a_143b_229c_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2b50\ufe0f STARSPORTS.BET RACING MARKETS \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HEY TRU BLUE<\/strong> \u2013 4.45pm York<\/p>\n<p>It was obviously a bit disappointing to come up against soft ground at Goodwood when he really wants quicker conditions, but we learned a lot from that run. He\u2019s not going to be with us much longer as he\u2019s heading to Australia soon, and the team were happy to give him another spin here before he goes.<\/p>\n<p>The slicker surface and the sharper track at York should suit him down to the ground. He\u2019s a progressive horse, and I think he\u2019s well handicapped off 86. He\u2019s drawn in stall three, which is ideal, and I think he can give a really good account of himself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-152833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3BMTDEJ-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWCASTLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OLIVER SHOW<\/strong> \u2013 7.15pm Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>He just didn\u2019t fire at all at Ascot last time, so we\u2019re happy to put a line through that run. He\u2019s a course-and-distance winner and we know the style of racing at the Racing League suits him. The blinkers go on for the first time, which should help. He can wander a bit late on so hopefully the headgear just sharpens him up. He has got a reasonable draw, so there are no excuses. If he\u2019s on a good day, he\u2019ll run very well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNASSUMING<\/strong> \u2013 8.15pm Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>She has been really progressive this year and deserves a shot at a decent prize like this. She\u2019s training as well as she has all season and I\u2019m really happy with where she\u2019s at going into this. I think she\u2019s in super shape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>George\u2019s York Big Race thoughts \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Yorkshire Oaks (3.35pm) is a disappointing field with dual Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk a tough nut to crack but I\u2019m hoping George Scott\u2019s Staya can win the opening race, the Lowther Stakes (1.50pm). She is experienced and has plenty of class. The favourite is Royal Fixation, who I think was slightly flattered at Newmarket and I think York could be a bit sharp for her.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/starsports.bet\/sport\/horseracing?btag=a_143b_229c_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2b50\ufe0f STARSPORTS.BET RACING MARKETS \u2b50\ufe0f\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAR PROMOTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SS_DTA_Social_Banner.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SS_WeBelieveInBookmaking.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Sports\u2019 racing ambassador GEORGE BOUGHEY looks ahead to his runners and riders on the second day of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-359896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115062135080103152","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}