keen tracked winner until ridden and raced green 2f out, rallied towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression final furlong
keen close up in 4th, ridden over 2f out, no impression
The recent winners of this race have been worth following with the Haggas filly Queen Of Ice subsequently winning in Listed company and last year's winner Very Special going on to Group 2 success for Saeed Bin Suroor. Both the above trainers have runners today with Tutu Nguru having the advantage of a recent run when second in a Listed race at Lingfield. Godolphin's Quality Time won a maiden at Chelmsford in November while Zest landed her maiden at Doncaster but an entry in the One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket suggests big things are expected of her this year. Nevertheless, MARENKO has the strongest form in the book with a second in the Group 2 May Hill at Doncaster in October her best effort and the Hannon filly also has the edge on today's rivals at the weights.
Marenko 33-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Minding (9-0) at Newmarket 1m Grp 1 fll (1) gs in Oct.
Quality Time (IRE) 5-6fav (9-0) Close up, pushed along and raced green over 2f out, headway to lead approaching final furlong, pushed out, comfortable, won at Chelmsford City 7f mdn fll stks (4) pol in Nov beating Hidden Treasures (9-0) by 2l, 11 ran.
Tutu Nguru (USA) 14-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on strongly to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Haalick (9-1) at Lingfield 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Zest (IRE) 4-9fav (9-0) Keen tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden and edged right inside final furlong, readily, won at Doncaster 1m mdn fll stks (5) gs in Oct beating Very Dashing (9-0) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
