slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden halfway, kept on final furlong
in touch, effort 3f out, soon ridden, no impression over 1f out
mid-division, never dangerous
chased leaders to halfway
mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
made all, ridden under pressure 1f out, just held on
chased leaders to halfway
always behind, tailed off from over halfway
slowly away, always behind, soon tailed off
always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
raced alone far side, prominent, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
chased winner, ridden well over 1f out, no extra entering final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, not clear run over 1f out, switched left, ran on towards finish, just held
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders halfway, kept on well inside final furlong
The unexposed Russian Cafe caught the eye on her debut and, as she gets all the allowances today, she is selected in preference to fellow three-year-olds New York and Kamenka, who have both shown enough to suggest they are up to winning a race of this nature. The latter has already gone close on numerous occasions and she will be very hard to keep out of the frame in this company. However, like New York, she does have a tendency to find a few too good and looks vulnerable to a less exposed type. Which we expect will be Russian Cafe. The daughter of Stravinsky, who has changed hands twice for 50,000 guineas, has obviously impressed with her physique and shaped up nicely on her debut. That run will have taught her a lot, but in truth, she will not need to have done much home work to get the better of this mostly unreliable bunch.
