Group Three Silver Cup Stakes York Guide 2023

William Haggas boasts one runner in the Group Three July Cup Stakes at York on Saturday with Hamish. The gelding arrives here on a great run of form, winning three of his last five races at Chester (Group Three Ormonde Stakes), Ascot (Group Three Cumberland Lodge Stakes) and last time out winning the G3 Ormonde Stakes for the second year running at Chester. He also ran a cracker when finishing second in the Group One Irish St. Leger at Curragh back in September, just under a length behind top stayer Kyprios.

He should prove very hard to beat in this company here and with the run of form he's on, another win looks extremely likely. Tom Marquand will do the steering.

David O'Meara sends one runner to this group three contest in the form of Get Shirty. The seven-year-old had a stellar 2022, winning four times at Thirsk, Hamilton, Royal Ascot and Haydock but has struggled a bit since those victories. Apart from finishing second in a Meydan handicap in February, he has finished outside the top two on nearly ten occasions since that winning run. He has largely struggled in this sort of company over the last year and has finished in the bottom eight on his last two runs at a lower level, which provides little encouragement.

Difficult to see how he competes in this on recent form. Daniel Tudhope is booked to ride.

Brian Ellison sends one runner to the Group Three Silver Cup Stakes on Saturday with his gelding Tashkan. The five-year-old is winless since 2021, where he won a bet365 handicap at Haydock by over a length but has posted some solid efforts since, finishing runner-up to Trueshan in the Group Two Champions Long Distance at Ascot in October 21', third in the Group One Prix du Cadran at ParisLongchamp in October 22' behind Almacado Gree and Kyprios. He last finished fourth in the Group Three Prix De Barbeville at ParisLongchamp when 5/2fav but no surprises here if he is in the mix.

Hamish looks like a strong favourite and looks unlikely to be beaten, so Tashkan has a chance to be the best of the rest. Jason Hart is on board.

Milton Harris boasts one in the Group Three Silver Cup Stakes at York on Saturday in the form of the market outsider Scriptwriter. The four-year-old arrives here on the back of finishing seventh in the Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot last month, won by the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban. He last recorded victory in December last year at Wolverhampton in a class two handicap after winning a grade two hurdle race at Cheltenham a month prior. The gelding is a talented hurdler but looks a little vulnerable here into grouped company after running in handicaps.

He looks unlikely to claim victory here. Clifford Lee is booked to ride.

John and Thady Gosden send one of their horses to this contest in the form of One Evening. The four-year-old has had five career runs to date, winning one of those at Kempton in a class five maiden. Since then, he has stepped into this sort of company on three different occasions, finishing fifth in the Listed River Eden Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield, fifth in the Group Three Bronte Cup here and second in the Listed Pontefract Castle Fillies' Stakes, which provides lots of encouragement heading into this one.

She needs to improve once again to compete here but there would no surprises if she finds it. Andrea Atzeni is booked to ride.

Andrew Balding sends one runner to the Group Three Silver Cup Stakes in the form of Teumessias Fox. The four-year-old has won three times in his career so far, including two of those coming this term at Kempton and Newmarket, which was a class two handicap. He is yet to compete at this kind of level apart from finishing seventh in a listed Epsom event back in April last year. He enters this contest on the back of finishing 15th in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes at Royal Ascot last month and would need to improve a fair amount to figure here,

He isn't completely ruled out here but it would be a surprise to see him beat some good horses. Oisin Orr is the jockey.