prominent, pushed along over 3f out, still ridden, lost place over 2f out
behind and keen, stumbled after 1f, pushed along and good headway on outer over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong, took 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
pushed along behind, ridden over 3f out, no impression approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led final furlong, ran on well
mid-division, ridden and lost place over 2f out
led, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong and weakened
held up, headway on outer 3f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong
held up in touch, ridden and headway approaching 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
slow away, soon in touch, ridden along over 3f out, hampered and weakened over 2f out
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
One of the key fillies races for juveniles of the year and many of these look to have bright futures. With regard to a selection for today's contest, we'll go Qasirah. She was beaten by a length-and-a-quarter by the Barry Hills-trained Bay Tree in a Listed event at Newmarket last time, which is very useful form. Hills has elected to run Lady Pipit here in preference to Bay Tree from his five-day entries, which is interesting. An impressive Sandown Listed winner, Lucky Pipit had her colours lowered in a Group 3 race at The Curragh last time, although she got upset before that race. She holds Leopard Hunt on Sandown form, although the latter, trained by John Gosden, should be open to improvement. Turning to their rivals. Mark Johnston is represented by Beverley maiden winner Caracara; John Dunlop runs the impressive Newmarket winner Hathrah, who cost 340,000 guineas as a yearling; Pat Haslam runs the Shergar Cup-meeting winner Kinnaird, who is certainly on an upward curve of improvement; and Sir Michael Stoute runs the highly-regarded Nureyev filly, Russian Dance, who probably has to improve on what she has so far achieved. Tamarillo should also get better as time goes on, being related to the high-class stayer Royal Gait on her dam's side. As we say, it's a fascinating contest, one in which we will side with Qasirah.
