Freudian Slip and Silver Deal make limited appeal on their first start on a racecourse and it is hard to get away from Rio Taffeta, who gets the vote. The selection has shown a liking for testing conditions in the past and did so again when landing a Windsor seller last time. A reproduction of that effort should suffice for Peter Grayson's gelding who should be good enough to follow up. Bold Diva has a pedigree that suggests that cut in the ground should not be a problem but she is held by the selection on running at Windsor and may have to settle for a minor role. Little By Luck has yet to prove that he handles ground this soft and it is hard to get away from the selection, Rio Taffeta.
Rio Taffeta 3-1fav (8-11) Prominent far side, led inside final 3f, in command final 2f, driven out, won at Windsor 6f 2yo sll (5) gs in Jun beating Liani (8-6) by 3l, 11 ran.
Bold Diva 12-1 (8-2) Slowly into stride, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression, last of 7, 10l behind Artdeal (8-12) at Brighton 6f 2yo clm (6) gs.
Freudian Slip Ishiguru filly out of winning sprinter Perle d'Azur.
Little By Luck (IRE) 17-2 (8-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Never Sold Out (8-4) at W'hampton 7f 2yo sll (6) pol in Jun.
Silver Deal Lujain filly out of a moderate racemare.
