wore hood to post, raced keenly tracking leader, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong to hold modest 3rd
wore hood to post, soon tracking leaders, switched out and headway out wide over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner inside final 150 yards
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
raced keenly, led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon lost 2nd, plugged on
edgy and led to post early, steadied start, held up off the pace in rear, pushed along and ran green over 2f out, shaken up and stayed on steadily towards finish, did well in the circumstances
raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, switched left inside final 2f, sustained run to lead inside final 150 yards, ran on well
Star From Afarhh finished last in both subsequent starts after making a winning debut at Newmarket last July but Queenlet stepped up considerably on her first run when scoring at Newbury in October and she may prove the pick of the four with experience ahead of January’s Wolverhampton winner Mukaddamah and Kings Joy, who may not have beaten much at Lingfield over the winter. The latter’s stable also run the unraced Grande Dame but fellow newcomer ETERNAL PEARL makes most appeal. She does sport headgear but is bred to be smart, being by Frankel out of a Listed winner in France, and cost 700,000gns as a yearling.
Kings Joy 9-4 (9-0) Raced wide, tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m fll stks (5) pol in Dec beating Playday (9-0) by 1l, 9 ran.
Mukaddamah 8-13fav (9-0) Dwelt, held up in rear, headway on inside rail over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on, led well inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll stks (5) pol in Jan beating Punda Maria (9-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Queenlet (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Newbury 1m fll stks (4) sft in Oct beating Atlantis Blue (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
Star From Afarhh 11-1 (9-1) Switched to race alone against stands rail, looked to be 2nd, other 3 rivals edged towards stands side over 3f out, challenged over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, last of 4, 4 1/2l behind Heredia (8-12) at Newbury 7f fll stks (2) gs in Sep.
Eternal Pearl Frankel filly out of Pearly Steph.
Grande Dame Lope De Vega filly out of Minwah.