A bright and warm weekend once again at York racecourse as it was the turn of the popular Macmillan Charity sponsored meeting. A traditionally well attended meeting over the years, collection buckets and raffles take place around the course and on the track, the "Ride of Their Lives" charity race took place before the main action on the Saturday. The feature race of the meeting is a valuable class two handicap restricted to three-year-olds, but has an illustrious role of honour. Past winners of the Pavers Memorial Handicap include the subsequent Group One winner Twilight Son and Group class horses such as Tax Free, Swiss Diva and on a more personal note, a horse I part own, First Folio, won the race twelve months ago. 
On Friday, the main race of the day was the listed Ganton Stakes over a mile and saw the return of 2021 Royal Ascot winner Mohaafeth make his reappearance. He trailed home behind a first and second for the Godolphin outfit as Valiant Prince led home Art Du Val for trainer Charlie Appleby. Alongside some typically competitive handicaps at York, there was also the most valuable selling race. The SKF Selling Stakes has a first place fund of £16,000 and is restricted to two-year-olds. 2021's winner Flash Betty would go on to race in this year's 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket. This year's renewal was won impressively by Explicit, who had won at Musselburgh the previous weekend. The son of Expert Eye looked leagues ahead of his rivals, winning by nearly five lengths and was retained by Mark Johnston for a cool £42,000. A double of winners for trainer Michael Dods who has his horses running in great form, courtesy of Gale Force Maya and Northern Express. A dramatic closing race took place where Haliphon landed the staying handicap after a lenghthy stewards enquiry due to interference caused by Monsieur Lombardys, who was first past the post.
Saturday's racing action featured the Pavers Memorial Handicap which was won in impressive fashion by the Clive Cox trained Harry Angel, who burst clear under Ryan Moore in the style of a pattern class horse. The undercard featured another trial race for York's center piece race of the year, the Ebor Handicap. The Grand Cup over a mile and six furlongs saw a small but select field, and was won by Without A Fight, who stayed on best under Andrea Atzeni for the training team of Simon and Ed Crisford. Other feats during the day included the emergence of a smart juvenile in the shape of Cold Case for Karl Burke, a winner for Godolphin as the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Electrical Storm overcame a layoff of a year and a half to win the middle distance handicap. The first race of the day was the traditional Queen Mother's Cup for female amateur riders. The race was won by Zealandia, a new import from France for trainer Ian Williams, ridden by Alice Stevens who won her riding weights' worth in champagne crates