Punters put their faith in Willie Mullins again but in-form York rivals are lining up to seize the Ebor crown
Conor Fennelly looks at the credentials of the leading candidates for the big handicap

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Are you siding with Andrew Balding's irresistible run, William Haggas's laser-like precision on the Knavesmire, Joseph O'Brien's inexorable rise to the top or is it simply another slice of sorcery courtesy of Willie Mullins?
Evaluating stable credentials to pick your representative in this year's Sky Bet Ebor will have you spun in a constrictor knot before you even try to figure out which Love Me Tender left Closutton this morning.
Mullins' Grade 1-winning hurdlers Lossiemouth and Sharjah had namesakes run in Britain during their career, but surely there have never been two from the same stable.
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