slowly into stride, headway and in touch after 3f, pushed along 5f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, lost touch over 3f out, tailed off
always behind
held up towards rear, headway into mid-division over 3f out, never on terms
led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, not reach leaders
mid-division, pushed along 6f out, soon outpaced
with leader, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed approaching final furlong, no extra
slowly into stride, always behind
tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, kept on well, just held on
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, just failed
mid-division, outpaced 3f out, ridden and kept on same pace final 2f, never on terms
All three of David Loder's three-year-old runners at the track last year won, and with the yard in good form again we will side with debutante Sunday City to make a winning start, with the more experienced pair of Sunny Lady and Portrait Of A Lady to chase him home. Loder has been having first time winners so far and therefore Sunday City is likely to be straight enough for his first public appearance. He will have plenty of time to get into the race, is bred for middle distances, and is expected to make his presence felt with a win. Any market confidence would help. Portrait Of A Lady has had four runs to date, producing her best effort when a length second at Folkestone last time. She would probably prefer some cut in the ground, though she is bred to get every yard of this trip and can make the frame along with Sunny Lady. The latter is a Nashwan filly who will therefore be at home over 12 furlongs. She improved markedly on her juvenile efforts when a running on second at Kempton last time and with better ground likely to be advantageous she can give the selection most to do. Victory Lap needs to improve a fair bit to win, while stablemate Hathlen prefers this surface and we may see a better effort here, though it will be a bit of a surprise if he is up to winning. The selection then, is Sunday City.
