Our ambassador returns to preview the second day of the Ebor Festival at York on Thursday, covering a variety of Group, Handicap and Listed events.

Kalpana, a brilliant winner of the King George last month, will prove too hot for Minnie Hauk to handle in Thursday's showstopper at York, the Group One *Legends Global Yorkshire Oaks* (3.35).

The great French horse Calandagan simply had no answer to Andrew Balding's mare at Ascot, where Aidan O'Brien's multiple Oaks winner finished a disappointing 18 lengths adrift.

That was the second time in a row Minnie Hauk has put in an underwhelming performance and I just can't see her re-capturing her best form in time to bridge that yawning gap. Back against her own sex, Kalpana is simply irresistible, even if the forecast rain arrives.