45,000Y: smallish, close-coupled filly: first foal: dam, 5f/6f winner (including at 2 yrs) in Italy, half-sister to smart winner up to 6f Thunderbear: fair form: won 6-runner minor event at Redcar in September by ½ length from Lord Roxby: 15/2, 3¾ lengths fourth of 18 to The Dragon King in valuable sales race at Newmarket last time, possibly helped by way race developed: open to further improvement. Hugo Palmer