AQUA LIBRE, having her first run since October in the Molson Group Handicap at Bath, had raced on quick ground earlier in her career. Despite that, she seemed to have confined her best runs to the all-weather, where she won as a two year old. Since moving to the yard last year, we had only had the chance to try her on softer ground, so it was something of an experiment to try her on ground so fast today. It seemed that enough of the racegoers at Bath seemed to think she wouldn't be inconvenienced by the conditions, as her price shortened from 10/1 into 7/1, and Eddy Greatrex gave her a great ride. He grabbed the rail and made virtually all the running. The mare stayed on well inside the final furlong to open her account on turf in game fashion, so we are very pleased to be able to wish owner Mrs Donna Hopkins our hearty congratulations!