Horse Racing: Stoute's filly can get Enact together and end hard-luck story

Enact has been a frustrating horse to follow but can end her year on a high in the Sunbury Stakes at Kempton.

The Listed seven-furlong event is an ideal chance for the Sir Michael Stoute-trained filly to get her head in front for the first time since August last year.

It has been hard-luck stories all the way from there, with no less than four seconds from six subsequent outings. A number of those have been made worse for punters as she went off favourite, and was also market leader when disappointing in the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood.

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But her resolution is not in question and she can be counted as unfortunate not to have won at Lingfield last month. Handed a poor draw, she was a length adrift of Hitchens at the line.

Owner/breeders Cheveley Park Stud will be desperate to get a win at this level on her CV and the step up in trip should help her cause with Ryan Moore doing the steering.

Moore should strike earlier on the card courtesy of Silenzio in the European Breeders' Fund Kia Sportage Maiden Stakes.

Twice-raced, his first run was when ninth in a hot maiden won by Derby prospect Carlton House at Newbury, looking better than the finishing position might suggest as his saddle slipped inside the final couple of furlongs. The Cadeaux Genereux colt totally missed the break when favourite to build on that here last month, coming home best of all but having had too much to do to catch the winner Orange Ace.

Trying a mile for the first time now, he has obvious ability and will be very unlucky to find things conspiring against him again.

There can be few better placers of a horse than Sir Mark Prescott and he has found another opportunity for Albertus Pictor by way of the Play Bingo At totesport.com Apprentice Handicap at Lingfield.

The Selkirk gelding relished every yard of the ten furlongs he faced when getting off the mark at this track last time out. Stable apprentice Rosie Jessop takes the ride with a handy 5lb being taken off as a result, and a mile and a half can only see further improvement.

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