QUEEN OF POLAND (3.15) has the class to maintain her unbeaten record in the seven-furlong £30,000 Listed Star Stakes at Sandown.

For a man with such an awesome juvenile team, David Loder's two-year-olds haven't exactly set the world on fire to date this term.

But that is not to say Loder's youngsters will not be at the head of the ratings come the end of the year and Queen Of Poland is already shaping like a very decent filly.

Despite being rather burly in appearance, the beautifully bred daughter of Halling struck at the first time of asking when scoring on her debut at Yarmouth late last month.

Fitness-wise, Queen of Poland was almost certainly badly in need of that outing, so it seems she will be much sharper for this afternoon's test.

And there is further encouragement to be gleaned from the fact that the ultra-stiff uphill finish is bound to be in her favour.

The few scraps of information 66-year-old Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis doesn't know about racehorse training could be written on the back of fag packet.

A legend in his own lifetime, Michael has come up with another promising stayer in the guise of Peak To Perfection, who followed up a relatively humble triumph in a maiden on the all-weather at Lingfield with a far higher-profile win on his handicap debut at Chester.

Peak To Perfection (4.25) now bids to complete his hat-trick in the mile-and-three-quarter-mile £10,000 Betfair Handicap, not too difficult a task considering the progressive three-year-old hails from such an expert and well-respected academy.

Let's hope it's a case of third time lucky for Doncaster raider Armagnac (7.00), who has hit both crossbar and post on his most recent couple of outings.

Surely the cards will soon fall right for Mark Buckley's useful sprinter, an unlucky runner-up at Ascot, then third in a red-hot race at Newbury on Saturday.

Perhaps the most reassuring factor of his participation in the Grolsch Classified Stakes is the booking of Darryll Holland, just the sort of jockey required to galvanise the speedy gelding into winning action.

Double Vodka's close-season switch from Michael Dods to Lynda Ramsden has yet to produce dividends, even though he has had several bites of the cherry.

Patience is one of the greatest virtues when it comes to backing horses and there's no doubt that Double Vodka (8.30) is a sure-fire winner waiting happen.

Bearing this in mind, a small each-way wager on the gelding in the Doncaster Racecourse Handicap could help pay the evening's expenses.

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