Luckless Loire can settle score in Ebor

HIPOP DE LOIRE (3.35) has unfinished business in today's Sky Bet Ebor at York.

- by JASON HEAVEY

Willie Mullins (below) rarely gets things wrong twice and 12 months ago Hipop De Loire fluffed his lines in this race.

Colin Keane got no sort of run on the eight-year-old at a crucial stage and the horse had to settle for a frustrating fifth place.

He was not beaten far and his season looks to have been geared up for making amends in this famous old race. Keane gets the leg-up again and he and Mullins will be desperate to get clear sailing and try to make their own luck.