Sixth foal: half-brother to 2 winners by Motivator, including 1m-1¼m winner Mandocello: dam, French 2-y-o 6f winner, sister to useful French 6f winner Silva: fairly useful form: won first 2 starts, including minor event at Windsor (by neck from Lennox) in May: best effort when second in handicap at Kempton (4 lengths behind Incensed) in September: 6/5, below expectations when 6 lengths fifth of 7 to Damascus Steel in handicap at Newcastle last time: stays 1½m. Harry Charlton