Donatello Restaurant Brighton Handicap

Tony Carroll holds the key to this with ESSAKA and Beau Mistral. They are in significantly better form than their three rivals and are closely matched on today's weights. Beau Mistral has held her form well on the AW this winter and she goes well for today's rider. She is weighted to the hilt now but ran well from this mark last time and has a fitness advantage over ESSAKA. The latter will be partnered by the champion jockey who has steered him to two C&D successes. The latest of these in October has worked out well and his form on turf looks much better than that of his stable mate. A reproduction of that effort should be good enough.

1. Essaka
2. Beau Mistral
3. Panther Patrol