Missunited the percentage bet in Saval Beg

No Rite Of Passage or Saddler’s Rock, both live Ascot Gold Cup candidates, makes this evening’s Listed Seamus and Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown less interesting than it might have been.

The hopeful vote goes to Michael Winters’ Missunited, who appears to be rapidly on the upgrade. She produced her best performance to date at Navan last time, in another Listed event, finishing two lengths second behind Voleurs De Coeurs.

Dermot Weld trains Voleurs De Coeurs and, indeed, Rite Of Passage, and now relies on the lightly raced Pale Mimosa. This mare was progressive last season, taking a Listed race at York and ending with a fifth placing in a Group 2 at Longchamp in October. Missunited, however, has a big fitness edge and that could prove decisive.