SIR MICHAEL STOUTE is a master at bringing fillies forward for their four-year-old campaigns, and he can produce his magic again with CRYSTAL CAPRICE (3.30) at Ayr.
The daughter of Frankel scored a hat-trick of wins last term over a mile, culminating in a handicap score at Ascot in September, winning by a cosy length and a quarter ahead of Don’t Tell Claire, and then went on to finish third in a Newmarket listed event behind Zanbaq.
She returned to action just over three weeks ago at Nottingham, where she finished fifth in another listed event on softer ground than she would prefer.
That run would have brought her on considerably and she will give the likely favourite, Al Husn, plenty to think about in the listed Tennent's Lager British Stallion Studs EBF Rothesay Stakes.
FREEDOM FLYER (2.55) will be hard to catch in the six-furlong Dead Man's Finger Handicap (2.55).
Ruth Carr’s six-year-old is having a profitable campaign, scoring well by two and half lengths over five furlongs at Thirsk last month.
After decent runs and Windsor and Catterick, the gelding put in a fine effort at Ayr 16 days ago when just failing to hang on off the same mark and trip by a length from One Last Hug, who had a stone less to carry.
Wednesday's selections
YARMOUTH
2.00 HABANERO STAR
2.35 HOTSPUR HARRY
3.10 STATE OF DESIRE
3.40 I’M SO DIZZY
4.10 TESTING FAITH
4.40 SHARVARA
5.10 MUDLAHIM
5.45 CHAGALL
WARWICK
2.10 OUR SCHOLAR
2.45 HIM MALAYA
3.20 POTTLERATH
3.50 BOMBYX
4.20 ONLY MONEY
4.50 SALLY GARDENS
5.20 PRESENTING YEATS
AYR
2.20 MUSHTEREK
2.55 FREEDOM FLYER (NB)
3.30 CRYSTAL CAPRICE (NAP)
4.00 MOUNTBATTEN
4.30 BE PROUD
5.00 THEOPHILOS
5.30 HOSTELRY
KEMPTON
5.05 LARRSEN
5.40 JUST AMBER
6.10 MY LADY SAMANTHA
6.40 TRIP TO ROME
7.10 KITTEN GLOVES
7.40 SOAR ABOVE
8.10 CEMHAAN
8.40 RESET BUTTON
SOUTHWELL
5.50 BEGIN THE LUCK
6.20 JAYTEE
6.50 NOAHTHIRTYTWORED
7.20 STRUTTER
7.50 MYRISTICA
8.20 CALLISTO'S KING
8.50 HAVING A BARNEY
DAILY DOUBLE: CRYSTAL CAPRICE and FREEDOM FLY
