Surprise in classic
NZPA-Reuter .Paris I 1 The Irish jockey, Pat Eddery, rode Ukraine Girl to a spectacular victory in the' Poule d’Essai des Pouliches' (French 1000 Guineas) at I Longchamp on Sunday. Starting an outsider at I odds of just over 21 to 1,1 Ukraine Girl looked sure to' win the one mi|e race a furlong and-a-half out and showed superb acceleration. Mr Robert gangster’s filly,
Star Pastures;. trS,jhe4' ■in England by Jeremy .JHifldley, finished second after having bad luck in the-running, and third was lonian Raja,, Which was in the ,>lirst K ’ : three throughout the ra'Ce; • ' Ukraine Girl ig -trahied hy Robert Collet, who prMWm the 1979 Doncaster St Lejer iwinner, Son of Love.- The filly will race next in the !Pri de Diane, the French Oaks, at Chantilly on June ,14.
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