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Rain puts Wind in unknown territory

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The first three from a valuable sales race at Newmarket's Craven meeting all clash again in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York on Thursday.

Mark Johnston's Windhoek defied a lengthy absence and inexperience to just come out on top against Luca Cumani's Greatwood and the John Gosden-trained Ghurair. He has since followed up in Listed company, but Johnston admits he has no idea how Windhoek will handle the rain-softened ground.

"I wish I knew if he acts on softer. He's only run on good to firm. My only concern is that sometimes it can get loose on top at York when it rains, especially if they've watered, but they apparently haven't watered this week. He's never run on it before so we'll just have to see," said Johnston.