IT promises to be an anxious countdown to York next week for trainer Sheila Lavery and owner Sue Chadwick as they await to see whether their hugely progressive mare Moracana manages to sneak in at the bottom of the weights for next Saturday’s Sky Bet Ebor Handicap.

Ahead of the upcoming confirmations stage, Moracana is currently number 36 in the £500,000 contest restricted to a maximum of 22 runners. In their favour is the fact that three rivals ahead of her have already been scratched from the Ebor.