pulled hard, held up, always in rear
made virtually all, ridden and ran on gamely
tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
raced wide, mid-division, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up in rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on again final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, kept on, not trouble leaders
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f
keen, in touch, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
Rainbow Queen is given a chance to atone for a terrible effort last time and can beat La Persiana, Polar Jem and Silk Fan. The fact that Sir Michael Stoute has persevered with this four-year-old is a tip in itself. She was well behind today's rival La Persiana at York on her first run for almost two years, and virtually pulled up next time on soft ground. However she was a top class two-year-old and if she can start living up to her superb pedigree, she will start to win decent races. La Persiana holds very strong claims indeed, following that victory at York, she ran a cracker on unsuitable ground to chase home the improving Posteritas in a listed event over course and distance, it will be difficult to keep this one out of the frame. Silk Fan looked a smart two-year-old last season and has put up some good performances this season against decent opposition. Meanwhile Polar Jem holds her form well and is a credit to her trainer, she is sure to be in the firing line again. So a very tricky contest and Rainbow Queen will have to improve dramatically, but we think she will.
