• Western Hymn on course for the Gordon Richards Stakes
One of the many delights of the early spring meeting on the Flat is the sense that a racehorse with Group-race potential might appear at any moment. It was perhaps that thought, as well as the prospect of a couple of runners on the card, that drew the Queen to the first Flat fixture of the new season here on Friday, when a horse named after a character once described as the Queen of the Chavs made a winning debut which hinted at a possible run in the Oaks in June.
The Queen may not be a regular viewer of Little Britain, but she could see rather more of Victoria Pollard as the season progresses. The daughter of Sir Percy, out of the mare Victoria Montoya, earned her name thanks to a wilful nature as a juvenile, but another winter has brought a little more maturity and she made short work of her field in the opening maiden.
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