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Dawn Delight¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J Fanning| T: H Palmer

9/4

Posted a much improved effort at Newcastle 11 days ago and looks the type to make further progress. Making up for lost time as she was unraced until the turn of this year. Has to be of interest.

Form: 61

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Gates Pass^p1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 74

7/2

Finished third in six of his seven previous starts and has a proven heart for a battle. However, his limitations are plain to see and the drop to 7f may not be ideal at this stage of his career. (Wears cheekpieces for the first time.)

Form: 333333-

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Minoria¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: David Probert| T: Rae Guest

9/1

Showed a good deal of improvement from her belated debut run to win convincingly at Lingfield earlier this month. The filly ran on strongly near the finish, so this step up to 7f is likely to suit. Not ruled out.

Form: 8-1

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Lope De Loop^t1⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: E J Walsh| T: A Sadik| OR: 49

100/1

Been off since October and plenty to prove on the balance of form shown under both codes of racing. Races from a career lowest mark but still very hard to recommend as any sort of contender.

Form: 584400

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Tiger Eye⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: George Wood| T: J R Fanshawe| BF

11/10

A daughter of Frankel who set her connections back 260,000 gns as a yearling. Beaten just a neck on debut over C&D last month but the form looks very ordinary. Likely there's more to come but a step forward is required. Still looks the one to be on.

Form: 2-

Forecasts

Tiger Eye (11/10), Dawn Delight (9/4), Gates Pass (7/2), Minoria (9/1), Lope De Loop (100/1)

The debut effort from TIGER EYE has been let down since but the filly obviously lacked experience and, given her trainer's proven record with fillies of this type, the daughter of Frankel is the percentage call in tricky little finale. Dawn Delight is also well bred and showed the benefit of a run when scoring convincingly at Newcastle last time. She has more to offer and looks a more potent threat than Minoria at this point.