For any Yorkshire trainer there is probably nothing quite like having a winner at the Sky Bet Ebor Festival and local hero Tim Easterby was certainly at the forefront of action for his home county 12 months ago.
The Habton Grange trainer went away from the meeting with three winners with Copper Knight and Cruyff Turn landing handicap success but the real feather in his cap was watching Winter Power burning up the turf to capture Group 1 success in the Nunthorpe Stakes.
That trio will once again be on duty once more as Tim looks forward to meeting faces old and new during a hectic four days and with his team in great order right now with 11 winners in the past fortnight there is hope that he can add to his Ebor Festival record.
He said: “It is hard to get a winner there and you have to tick all the boxes - you have to be handicapped right, drawn right and have the right ground. “We tend to sidestep Goodwood and go to York with a fresh horse, and you need an awful lot of luck even when your horse is trained to the minute.”
With the Ebor Festival very much in mind, Tim kindly talked to Tony Elves of attheraces.com about his team.
