85,000Y: angular filly: fourth foal: half-sister to winner up to 1m Artaois (2-y-o 7.6f winner, by Kodiac): dam, useful French 8.5f winner, half-sister to smart 11f/1½m winner Counterpunch out of useful 1m-1½m winner Evil Empire: useful performer: won minor event at Salisbury (by short head from Matsuri) in 2023: fourth in Musidora Stakes at York (3 lengths behind Secret Satire) in May: 23/1, respectable 5¾ lengths fifth of 14 to Sparks Fly in listed race at Saint-Cloud last time: stays 10.5f: acts on heavy going. Ralph Beckett