York Ebor Betting Bulletin: Will you be going Barefoot at York?

Barefoot Lady (right) battles Joviality, the eventual winner of The Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York in 2011

All the fancies and fallers from the morning's betting before day three of the Ebor meeting
The main focus today as far as quality goes is the Nunthorpe Stakes at 15:40. Four quality sprinters are battling it out at the head of the market and the finely balanced nature of the contest has fired up the Betfair masses. They've stumped up more than 200,000 at the time of writing (12:15: and that pot is swelling at a rapid rate.

Bated Breath is desperately seeking his first Group 1 win and although he's usually there or thereabouts he needs to make an extra effort today. The market is still scratching its collective head over whether he will or not, but he's a solid joint-favourite at the moment and a live contender. What will actually go off favourite at the off is anybody's guess; this is competitive racing at its finest.

Surprisingly at the time of writing the opening Class 2 handicap over a mile-and-a-half, the Sky Bet Mobile Stakes is the top-traded race on the card with more than 270,000 locked up already. Rubik's Revenge seems a doddle in comparison with sorting out the winner of this contest... it's impossibly cryptic. Unless, of course, you read the Pricewise column, in which case it's a piece of cake and Willie Wag Tail will waltz home. Many of you agree, as tumbling odds of 6.05/1 from 9.08/1 seem to indicate.

Next up creating a buzz on our site is the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes at 14:30. This important two-year-old dash has raked in more than 100,000 so far with Pearl Acclaim, the second favourite, moving in from 6.25/1 to 5.59/2. The first three in the betting all have their supporters so liquidity should continue to be buoyant and value available on any of your fancies.

For some unknown reason the market for the Group 3 Strensall Stakes at 15:05 has yet to catch fire, but we expect this to change once the big hitters have digested their elevenses and re-focussed their attention. The 75,000 already clicked into place should explode in an hour or so and the interesting filly for money here is the ultra-consistent Barefoot Lady. Punters have forced her down from 10.09/1 to 8.415/2.

If you're alive and kicking tomorrow morning, and we very much hope you are, this is the place to be for all the money moves in the Ebor and beyond. See you then.