The weather forecast is distinctly better for York over the next couple of afternoons, after an opening morning at the Ebor Festival which included a hailstorm and torrential rain for several hours before racing. The racing surface on the Knavesmire takes water a good deal better now than it did nine years ago – when the entire meeting was washed away by an August monsoon – but there is still sure to be some cut in the ground as the second day’s card gets underway at 1.55.
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