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Talented mare Mizlecki secured her fourth Listed race with a runaway win in the Old Comrade Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday.

Trained by Fred Kersley, Mizlecki ($2.80) became the third winner of the day for Daniel Staeck when striding clear to score by four-and-a-quarter lengths.

Properantes ($31) edged Variation ($2.20) out for second.

There was a sensation before the race when favourite Tellem We're Comin dumped William Pike on leaving the mounting yard and was a late scratching.

It was Mizlecki's first win since claiming the Belmont Oaks last July but she was primed for it after three runs this time in including a last-start fourth in the Grandstand Cup.

Kersley said the four-year-old deserved to get another win on the board.

"She's been a terrific little mare over her career and look forward to her in some better races as time goes by," he said.

"It's good that she's come back because she did fracture a fetlock joint last year and she races with three spurs in a leg but despite all of those issues she's come here today and done a pretty good job."