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McCourt and Parsons head to York with Copper Dock

Tom McCourt is confident Copper Dock can give a good account of himself when he returns to turf in the sportingbet.com Sprint Handicap at York on Saturday.

Apprentice Amy Parsons has steered the five-year-old son of Docksider to all his three career wins and the 5lb claimer will again be on board in the five-furlong contest.

McCourt said: "She has ridden him in his three wins, she knows him well and the 5lb off is a help as well. The horse is in great form with himself. We just want to find out if he's up to taking on these type of horses."

He added: "He needs fast ground, but we've had so much rain over here and the all-weather is finished for the time being, so we're going over.