City Of Memphis stays upwardly mobile at Leopardstown City Of Memphis made it two from two this season with a straightforward victory in the Group Three Al Shira’aa Racing “Mutamakina” Stakes at Leopardstown. California Dreamer pulled them along at the head of the field in the seven-furlong contest, with the Paddy Twomey-trained City Of Memphis covering her every move. Billy Lee then laid down his challenge at the one pole to take it up in a duel with California Dreamer and Snellen, and the 7-4 favourite’s class shone through as she came home one and a half lengths clear of the fast-finishing Signora. Snellen was a neck further adrift in third. “She’s a very good filly. We haven’t raced her much and I’m hoping we’ll make up for lost time this year,” said Twomey. “She’s in the Group Two Lanwades Stud Stakes on Guineas weekend and I think the mile will be no problem. “She’s a filly that will do very well later in the year, over seven or a mile. I’ll keep her to better tracks.” Twomey and Lee quickly doubled up with Catalina Delcarpio (100-30) in the Listed Porsche In Support Of Breast Cancer Ireland Amethyst Stakes. The four-year-old raced in midfield before going through the gears in the last furlong, taking over and running on well to win by a length and a quarter from Tokenomics. Twomey said: “Billy said he’d like to drop her in and I said ‘do whatever you want’. She has a lot of class. “It was maybe trainer error last year, I stretched her out to a mile and four in the Ribblesdale and I’d say she has too much speed for that. “I said to Billy that we’d start back at a mile. She had a setback after she ran in Ascot so she was just ready to start back when she ran in the Park Express and I thought she’d come forward well from it. “I think she can step up to 10 furlongs no problem, but she has pace for a mile. “Her new connections were keen that we win a Listed race before stepping up the grades. She’s done that today so I think we’ll be allowed to do whatever we want now. “I doubt she’d go for the Lanwades as we have City Of Memphis and One Look as well for that. “I’d imagine a race like the Pretty Polly would be right up her street.”
