Ten well-bred fillies, four of themu00a0'got-abraods', will line up at the mile chute of the Mahalaxmi racecourseu00a0precisely at 4 pm for the first Classic of the Mumbai racing seasonu00a02012-13.

Though locally trained fillies Portia (Pesi Shroff), Neona (Bezan Chenoy) &u00a0Maple Star (Karthik Ganapathy) are major contenders for the coveted honour,
they will be facing a formidable challenge from Vijay's Pride, trained byu00a0Hyderabad's champion trainer LVR Deshmukh, who comes here with an imposing
record of having already bagged three regional Classics, and also havingu00a0won all her starts over the mile trip.

Besides, there are two mavericku00a0fillies in Art Of Enchantment (S Padmanabhan) & Showin'off (S Attaollahi)u00a0who are coming into this race with only one victory each to their credit,u00a0but may put up a bold show to topple the applecart of fancied runners.u00a0My choice is Portia who enjoys an edge that may prove decisive at the wireu00a0thanks to English champion Richard Hughes' presence in the saddle.