AMERICAN star filly Lady Aurelia is settling in well at York ahead of her bid for further Group 1 glory in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes a week tomorrow.

Trained by Wesley Ward, she is one of three intended runners on Knavesmire next week for the Kentucky-based operation, who are currently enjoying a Yorkshire welcome ahead of the four-day Ebor Festival.

Lady Aurelia, a winner at Royal Ascot, is considered to be the best three-year-old in the USA, putting up a memorable display in the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes over the same five-furlong trip as the Nunthorpe. The filly is a 6-4 favourite for York’s fastest race of the year, in front of King George Stakes winner Battaash, from Charlie Hills' Lambourn yard.

Assistant trainer Ed Veale, who is with the three runners in York, with Ward having stayed at home, said: “The horses and the team have had a great welcome and have settled in really well at York ahead of an exciting week.

"We dream of having a single winner at a big festival like the Ebor – Wesley came so close with Acapulco back in 2015 - so having live prospects in three Stakes races is a real buzz. We know it won’t be easy because everyone wants a share of that prestige and prize money.”

A likely first runner for Ward is Happy Like A Fool, with the juvenile filly set to be given a supplementary entry tomorrow for the £250,000 Sky Bet Lowther next Thursday - the richest British Group 2 for two-year-old fillies.

Ward's Elizabeth Darcy, last seen running into second in a Group 3 at Deauville after her European debut in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, is also targeting the Listed Julia Graves Roses Stakes next Saturday.