SOVIET SONG Oil on board, 17 x 20 inches One of a number of top-class older mares to grace our racetracks in recent years, Soviet song was both tough and consistent. A Multiple Group winner, including the Falmouth Stakes (twice), The Matron Stakes and the Sussex Stakes, my abiding memory of her is beating another favourite of mine, Attraction, in the Falmouth of 2004. Many thanks to John Pike of  www.racing-images.co.uk for the use of the original photograph.