slowly into stride, always in rear, switched right over 2f out, ridden and no impression
keen tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden clear final furlong
towards rear, ridden and headway to 3rd over 1f out, kept on one pace
raced keenly, tracked leader until over 2f out
slowly into stride, in rear, never on terms
tracked leading pair, ridden to chase winner over 1f, no impression
led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
Caramelita has had a number of chances but nonetheless she will find this a bit easier than some of the races she has contested and she should be there at the business end once again, although given that she is exposed we will take her on with RIO MIST. The Richard Hannon-trained selection is by Captain Rio, and should hopefully therefore relish plenty of cut in the ground. She has had a couple of runs so far and will know more about the game now after another winter under her belt, and with the yard going well she might be capable of a reappearance win. Masteeat is related to US dirt winners, and she too should be able to act in these conditions. However, John Best's runners are not fully firing just now and she looks worth watching here with the future in mind. Aldorable has some solid enough form in the context of this race and is not beyond improvement if handling the ground, while Lucky Diva could also go well for the in-form Sylvester Kirk and appears the pick of his pair, though preference is for Rio Mist.
Aldorable 14-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 17l behind Pepi Royal (8-12) at Kempton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Caramelita 9-2 (8-10) Keen early, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Dominium (9-1) at Kempton 6f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Mar.
Dreamacha 14-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, plugged on one pace after, 7th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Il Forno (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Lucky Flyer 33-1 (8-4) Ran very green and always in rear, last of 8, 16l behind Treadwell (8-13) at Sandown 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf in Jun.
Masteeat (USA) Delaware Township filly out of White Hot Cat.
Rio Mist 9-2 (9-0) Held up, in touch, pushed along 3f out, no progress final 2f, 7th of 9, 8l behind Raddy 'ell Pauline (9-0) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Jun.
Silvee 20-1 (7-8) Dwelt, soon tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Dragonessa (8-5) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Sep.
Lucky Diva 18-1 (8-3) Towards rear, never in contention, 7th of 11, 7l behind Pherousa (8-3) at Bath 5f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) gd in Sep.
