Wesley Ward has confirmed Juan Hernandez will keep the ride on Bacio in next week’s Coolmore City Of Troy Nunthorpe Stakes.

York glory is very much on the bucket list for Keeneland-based Ward, having saddled the two-year-old Acapulco to finish second in 2015 under Irad Ortiz Jr and come even closer to victory two years later with Lady Aurelia, with Frankie Dettori memorably celebrating passing the post only to find he had actually been beaten a nose by Marsha.