In-form Mango Diva can take centre stage in Nassau

Today’s Group 1 Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes looks an ordinary renewal of the race and there are sufficient doubts about those at the top of the market to look down the line for some value.

Mango Diva, available at 9-2, is the one which makes most appeal, as she comes here on the back of a good effort at the Curragh, where she overcame trouble to get up on the line for a narrow victory over Lahinch Classics in the Group 2 Kilboy Estate Stakes.

That success came over nine furlongs on fast ground, and the slightly longer trip is of no concern, as she was a winner over the distance at Salisbury last year. Typical of a Michael Stoute-trained horse, she is progressing nicely with age, and the four-year-old looks ready for this first try at the top level.