made all, still travelling smoothly straight, soon asserted and stayed on well run-in, easily
raced in 2nd, a little keen, not fluent 9th, pushed along and not match winner from 2 out, one pace
raced mainly in 3rd, pushed along briefly after 7th, not fluent 8th and dropped to last and soon pushed along again, no impression approaching 3 out, soon no extra and dropped behind
waited with, mainly in rear, 3rd from 8th, slight mistake 3 out, soon no impression, kept on same pace from next
SALSARETTA has already proved herself better over fences than hurdles and had plenty in hand when beating the consistent Agusta Gold at Punchestown to complete her double. She should be even better over this longer trip and can't be opposed. Caravation easily landed a similar race to this at Naas but didn't jump as well in a handicap on a return visit. Moskovite landed a mares' race over fences at Sligo and her last two runs have been over hurdles while Victoria Bay was 40 lengths behind the selection at Punchestown.
Salsaretta (FR) 8-11fav (11-1) Tracked leaders in 4th early, went 3rd at 4th, headway to dispute lead travelling well 2 out, led entering straight, soon ridden, stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong, won at Punchestown 2m 4f Yielding in Dec beating Agusta Gold (10-8) by 3 1/4l, 5 ran.
Caravation (IRE) 7-2fav (11-8) Disputed lead early, bad mistake 1st, led from 4th, mistake 4 out and headed, 3rd and ridden next, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 24 1/2l behind Best Behavior (11-7) at Naas 2m 4f hcp sft in Jan.
Moskovite (IRE) 8-1 (11-13) Mid-division, slight mistake and pushed along 4th, 9th halfway, ridden and no extra 3 out, tailed off, 9th of 13, dist behind Miss Cognac (10-1) at Limerick 2m 4f hcp hvy in Dec.
Victoria Bay (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Rear of mid-division, 7th 3 out, soon no impression, never a factor, 7th of 10, 26l behind Best Behavior (11-7) at Naas 2m 4f hcp sft in Jan.
