TRAINER David Simcock has a clutch of exciting horses to chase the £3.8 million prize money at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival - headed by Royal Ascot hero Balios.

The Al Asayl Bloodstock-owned three-year-old colt delivered a superb performance to win the King Edward VII Stakes earlier in the season and is now set to contest the Group 2 Betway Great Voltigeur Stakes at York Racecourse on Wednesday, August 19.

Simcock, who confirmed Balios is "definitely due to run", also has his fingers crossed that Curbyourenthusiasm beats the cut for the richest ever running of the Betfred Ebor on August 22.

The four-year-old, who finished a neck second at York over 12 furlongs on his last start, is not guaranteed a spot but his 20-1 price is in line with his handler’s assessment.

Simcock said: “We’ll see if Curbyourenthusiasm gets in the Ebor – if he does, he’s ‘live’. He is a horse on the upgrade, who stays well and is probably crying out for a mile and six furlongs now.

“I’m hopeful more than confident that he’ll get in. But he’d be the perfect type of horse – progressive and on a track we know that he acts at. I was disappointed that he didn’t win there last time but at the same time I was delighted with the improvement.”

Felix Mendelssohn, a more probable runner in the Ebor, Madame Chiang and The Corsican are among other weapons in Simcock's armoury for the Festival.