Chester May Festival Day Two: Star Of India can land the Dee Stakes

can give Aidan O'Brien another victory in the Dee Stakes (Colts & Geldings) (3.40pm) on the second day of the Boodles Chester May Festival on Thursday.

The Dee Stakes is another Cazoo Derby Trial but run over 1m2f, there have been very few winners who have gone to glory at Epsom - Kris Kin in 2003 the last to complete the double.

But Star Of India can at least put himself in the Classic conversation with victory.

The three-year-old son of Galileo has only had two runs and is clearly open to plenty more improvement. He won his maiden in taking style at Leopardstown last October. But he had no answer to subsequent QIPCO 2,000 Guineas runner-up Native Trial when fifth in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket last month.

But back down to Listed level and with no-one of that calibre of that horse in this, and with that seasonal reappearance under his belt Star Of India can come out on top of several horses who could potentially go on to better things.

Mr McCann – who is owned by the AJT Group which is made up of several Liverpool FC players including Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – is an interesting outsider for trainer Hugo Palmer, who is the new trainer at Michael Owen's Manor House Stables in Cheshire. He could go well stepped up in trip after some decent efforts, including two wins at Lingfield and Haydock Park, during his juvenile campaign.

Ralph Beckett's can win the Group Three tote.co.uk Proud To Support Chester Racecourse Ormonde Stakes (3.10pm).

The five-year-old mare ran at many of the big meetings last year with great credit, finishing fourth in the Group One Coronation Cup at Epsom, fifth in the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot and third in