David Barron has high hopes for Mitchum in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two Year Old Trophy Conditions Stakes at Beverley.
The Thirsk trainer was delighted with Mitchum's eight-length victory on his Southwell debut and believes the Elnadim colt could be "exciting".
"He looked very good at Southwell on his debut, especially as he was a horse we didn't have ready to go straight away. He's quite an exciting horse," said Barron.
"He has a fairly high action though, so any cut in the ground would be fine for him. It's a warm little contest and I think all of us with a runner will be expecting, and thinking, about going on to better things.
"He's not bred to get much further but I'd have no concerns about him getting up that hill at Beverley. He could be a very nice horse."
Kevin Ryan is also enthusiastic about Hamza, who ran a very good race in defeat behind Gatepost at York following victory first time out at Musselburgh.
The trainer said: "He's a smashing horse. He's a strong horse with a big engine and we think he'll improve for his run at York. It's a very warm race, but he's probably got the best form in the book.
"Being an April foal, we think he'll continue to improve and mature during the summer. He's quite powerful, so I don't think he'll be inconvenienced on fast ground."
Richard Fahey was also delighted with Gabrial, who looked a useful sort when making a winning introduction at Chester earlier this month.
The Malton handler said: "We like him a lot. It's a good little race. There's only a few in it but there's some nice ones in there. We'll find out how good he is when he runs in this race. That race at Chester will have done him good."
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