North Yorkshire Ice Cream Championship 2026 Handicap Stakes

Everyoneknowsadave arrives in fine nick — a winner last time out, and a second two starts back — with experience of today's trip and going, and 16 days between runs suggesting he's fresh and ready. Stall 4 with 134 lb, he makes a strong case as our pick.

Mao Shang Wong brings distance-and-going experience and a peak rating of 80 to back his claims, and that second two starts back underlines his quality on a good day; the risk is his seventh last time out, which he must put firmly behind him.

Consistent placed efforts — second three starts back, second four starts back, and second last time out in his last five — mark His Finest Hour as a genuine danger, and he has run over today's trip; the concern is 284 days off the track.

Polygram arrives on the back of a win last time out and a second two starts back, giving her a sharp upward curve in form that makes her a genuine threat here; the main risk is that she rates only fourth of the five on our figures.

Poet's Dawn has winning form in his recent starts — a winner two starts back and again last time out — but our figures rank him last of five here, and his trainer is in a dire spell at 3% over the past fortnight. The 130 lb burden won't help.