City Walk (IRE)

£70,000 Y; third foal; half-brother to 5f-6f AW winner Ascot Day (inc Fibresand; RPR 96); dam 6f 2yo winner (85), half-sister to 1m 2yo Listed winner Go Angellica, is granddaughter of US 1m2f winning half-sister to 1m2f/1m4f Group 1 winner Germany; promising third on debut over 5f on good to firm at Newmarket in April 2019 but not seen again that year; slightly disappointing in first two starts to 2020 but bounced back to winning form on the third run at Bath over 5f 160y in a handicap off a mark of 80; well beaten at same track a month later but that was on soft ground, which didn't suit and a much better effort when second at Yarmouth off 90 (good to firm) over 6f in mid-September; fifth of six off same mark at Musselburgh (5f) almost exactly a year later (will have needed it) and shaped okay at Newcastle after that in a first-time hood; last of thirteen at Meydan (5f) on next start in January 2022 and then given a break until finishing third back in Britain at Leicester; built on that by winning a second race at Chelmsford (6f) in May; not at his best when back on turf at Ripon next time, finishing well beaten; bounced back to winning form at Newcastle in late June, winning valuable 5f handicap in good style.