White Birch 'in super form' ahead of crack at Dante John Murphy's White Birch is set to travel over to Britain for the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes next week. The Ulysses colt won a Dundalk maiden by over six lengths last November and coped well with the step up to Group 3 company by landing the Ballysax Stakes over 1m2f at Leopardstown last month. Murphy's son and assistant, George Murphy, said: “He’s in super form and will probably go to York next week for the Dante. “Originally we thought of going for the Derby Trial in Leopardstown but then decided to run at a different track to give the horse a new experience and to see how he would handle the travel as well. “It’s a fairly serious trial which will let you know where you are going.” White Birch holds entries in the Derby, the St James's Palace Stakes and the King Edward VII Stakes. Additional reporting by Alan Magee
