Lingfield

Copacabana Sands (second choice) holds obvious appeal having joined Andrew Balding with Ryan Moore booked for this return but ROYAL VELVET has been on an inexorable path through the handicap ranks to this first crack at a black-type race and she can make it a winning one. Dash Of Azure also commands respect, while market interest in La Brodeuse or Sunlit Uplands would bring them into the picture.[Richard Russell]