Coto ready to step up - after dropping down

COTO De Caza can make the most of a drop in class in the Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes at Beverley.

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Simon and Ed Crisford’s filly showed some very decent form as a juvenile but has only been seen once so far this term.

At two she won the valuable Alice Keppel Conditions Stakes at Glorious Goodwood and was then favourite for a Listed race up at Ayr, in which she was beaten just a length into third.

After that though she took a big step forward when winning the Cornwallis Stakes at Newmarket, a Group Three against the colts, which was an excellent way to end her first season.

She made her comeback at Sandown in Listed company in June under a penalty but failed to get involved and while that might have raised questions about whether she had trained on or not, the fact she is coming out so late in the season suggests that is not a concern to her connections.