SEVILLE can show there is no substitute for experience in the totesport Dante At York for Aidan O’Brien.

Fresh from winning with all four of his runners at Chester’s May meeting and enjoying yet another Derrinstown Derby Trial victory with Recital, O’Brien could not be in better form – especially considering his horses usually peak from mid-summer onwards.

Seville has achieved far more in his short career than either of his market rivals Carlton House and World Domination, who are priced purely on the strength of their connections and home reputations.

Second in the Racing Post Trophy on his final start at two, it is much safer backing a horse with form in the book than one with a tall reputation on the gallops.

His breeding suggests he can do nothing but improve for a step up in trip and the form of his stable means he should be hard to beat.

Midday was beaten in the totesport.com Middleton Stakes 12 months ago, but there is nothing of Sariska’s class in this year’s renewal.

Unfortunatel, Michael Bell’s filly only consented to race once more after winning this contest, but on her day she was a top-class horse.

However, after her reverse, when she was trying to concede 5lb to Sariska, Midday went on to prove herself as one of the best racemares of recent years.

A second win in the Nassau Stakes as well as victories in the Yorkshire Oaks and the Prix Vermeille, were followed by an unfortunate defeat when bidding for a second Breeders’ Cup win.

While she will not be fully tuned up for this with all her major targets to come later in the season, she is head and shoulders above her rivals and Cecil’s string is on fire.

Andrew Balding appears to have a smart sprinter on his hands in the shape of Night Carnation and she can book her ticket for the Temple Stakes with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sprint Conditions Stakes.

A winner over Godolphin’s Ahtoug on her reappearance at Sandown, that form was franked when the runner-up was a cosy winner at Chester last week.

Richard Fahey’s Johannes won the totepool Stakes 12 months ago and his excellent handler has managed to get him in again off exactly the same mark.

Tim Easterby’s Off Chance faces nothing of the calibre of Seta, who she lined up against last time, and should go well in the totesport 0800 221 221 Hambleton Handicap.

Events in the Dante earlier in the day could prove that Brian Meehan’s Muqtarrib faced a stiff task against Carlton House at Newbury last season and it is worth chancing nominal improvement from him in the Simon Gibson Maiden Stakes at Newmarket.

The best bet in the Bridgend Hotel Islay Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury is in-form Clive Cox’s Lunar Phase, who caught a tarter at Windsor on her comeback in the shape of John Gosden’s Izzi Top.