SPORT doesn’t come any better than last week’s York’s Ebor Festival.

The world’s best horse, Baaeed, kicked off the meeting in style with a sensational performance in the Juddmonte International on the opening day.

The curtain came down on a wonderful four days with a happy ending to Frankie Dettori and John Gosden’s love story when a stunning ride gave Trawlerman victory in the Ebor.

In between, there was lots of clues for potential future profits.

Here’s half a dozen horses who it should pay to follow in the coming months.

Zoffee

Failed chaser Zoffee has had a new lease of life since switching to the Flat.

He won twice earlier in the season after moving from jumps trainer Philip Hobbs to Hugo Palmer’s Cheshire base.

A third victory might well have been added to his tally if he’d been granted a bit more luck in the staying handicap on the opening day.

He cruised into the race but the field got congested down towards the far rail and he was the chief sufferer before staying on into third.

Considering the winner, Alfred Boucher, was touched off in the Ebor three days later, Zoffee must have a great chance of making amends as long as the ground stays fast.

Glenlaurel

It might have looked like Glenlaurel was flying way too high in the Lowther Stakes but Kevin Ryan’s youngster was far from disgraced in finishing eighth.

She had won impressively on her debut before disappointing in the Princess Margaret at Ascot.

That made her one of the outsiders for York’s Group 2 for juvenile fillies and a slow start made her task almost impossible.

She was forced to challenge furthest towards the middle of the track but came home well to finish on the heels of the placed horses in a race dominated by prominently-ridden horses.

Her mum is a half-sister to Irish 2000 Guineas winner and top stallion Dubawi, so she has the pedigree to both be very useful and better over further. She is one to keep an eye on when stepped up to 7f.

Isla Kai

After running with credit in some of the hottest mile handicaps of the season, better could have been expected from Isla Kai.

In finishing 13^th behind Blue For You, his performance could be seen as disappointing but I thought there was loads of promise in it and he should be ready to strike soon.

He worked hard to get across from his wide draw to lead and he set a decent gallop. Nigel Tinkler’s four-year-old was still in front heading to the furlong marker before the hold-up horses came sweeping by.

Given an easier time up front, he will keep going long enough to hang on to the lead.

His four previous wins also came on soft ground so, when the autumn rain arrives, he will be handicapped to take advantage.

Dragon Symbol

The switch from Archie Watson to Roger Varian hasn’t exactly worked out for Dragon Symbol.

He was among the best three-year-old sprinters last season and looked to have claims of being champion sprinter this term.

It’s not worked out that way and he has been way below his best and a smooth Hamilton success last month was hardly enough to make him among the market leaders for the Nunthorpe.

He never looked like bettering last year’s third in York’s top sprint but it was still more evidence he was returning to form.

Sitting in rear in the early stages put him at a clear disadvantage but he came home really nicely into fifth over a track and trip that’s probably too sharp for him.

Curragh’s Flying Five or the Sprint Cup at Haydock could easily offer him a chance to claim that elusive Group 1 victory.

Good American

Ralph Beckett clearly has a Group-class filly on his hands with State Occasion.

She won the 1m2f handicap on Friday in the manner of a very smart horse but, further back, his other filly in the race ran really well too.

Good American was caught wide and too far back from an unhelpful draw but she stayed on really well in the middle of the track away from the main action.

It was a nice step forward from her belated return to action when pulling too hard over an inadequate 7f at Newmarket last month.

Now she is back on track, this daughter of a German 1m4f Group 2 winner should be able to land a handicap over ten furlongs or a bit further.

Candleford

Frankie Dettori gave Trawlerman the kind of ride that proves he is still capable of some real magic in the saddle.

To stay wide from stall 20 and then control the race from the front was quite exceptional and it meant it was not easy to come from off the pace in the Ebor.

That didn’t help Candleford. He was dropped in towards the rear from his high stall and he found traffic problems when attempting to overcome the pace bias in the straight.

The form of his impressive Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes win at Royal Ascot has worked out nicely and he should be able to win again before the season is out.