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Easterby star to be aimed at Dante

Tim Easterby`s progressive performer Bollin Eric is to tackle Group company on his next start, the trainer revealed today.

A son of 1996 Vodafone Derby winner Shaamit, the three-year-old landed two mile events as a juvenile and stepped up on that form in his seasonal reappearance at Newmarket last week.

He finished a staying-on third, beaten three-quarters of a length and a neck, behind Epsom hopefuls Playapart and Wahchi in the Feilden Stakes.

Easterby now has the 10-furlong Group Two Convergent Communications Dante Stakes at York on May 15 as the target for a colt he has always held in some regard.

'I think we`ll run him in the Dante all being well,' Easterby told the Racing Channel. 'He`s come out of the race well. He`ll improve for the run and improve for the trip we think and we`ll take our chance.'