Anthony Honeyball has the top pair in the weights for this lucrative event and Rex Dingle, the regular partner of Lilith and CREDO, has chosen the latter. Beaten a neck on her reappearance here last month, she showed the benefit 10 days later with a very impressive victory over Flowing Cadenza and Auditoria at Chepstow for which she's been raised 13lb. The latter pair should get much closer on the revised terms but Glorious Lady is up 7lb for an easy success over three rivals at Worcester.
Lilith (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) Prominent, mistake and lost place 3rd, closed 6th, led 8th, mistake and headed 12th, soon behind, left 3rd last, 3rd of 5, dist behind Tweed Skirt (11-10) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Nov.
Credo (IRE) 11-4jfav (12-0) Chased leader, smooth headway 4 out, led travelling strongly before 3 out, 7 lengths clear 2 out, good jump last, easily, won at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov beating Flowing Cadenza (11-6) by 19l, 8 ran.
Glorious Lady (IRE) 11-1 (12-0) Made all, clear after 2 out, stayed on well, won at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Oct beating White Hart Lady (11-2) by 22l, 4 ran.
Flowing Cadenza 11-4jfav (11-6) Mid-division, pushed along 4 out, headway and went second before 2 out, one paced run-in, 2nd of 8, 19l behind Credo (12-0) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Lost Connections (IRE) 17-2 (11-7) Midfield, badly hampered 1st, badly hampered by loose horse after 2nd, ridden to chase leaders before 3 out, weakened before last, 4th of 8, dist behind White Hart Lady (10-9) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Auditoria 17-2 (11-7) In rear, steady headway on inner 5 out, ridden 4 out, no impression soon after but kept on for fourth close home, 4th of 8, 26 3/4l behind Credo (12-0) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Astra Via 15-2 (11-5) Towards rear, asked for effort and detached 5 out, pulled up soon after, at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
