The Hyderabad filly Lady In Lace, who was ambitiously pitched in by her trainer SVK Prasad Raju by paying a hefty late entry fee, justified the confidence of the trainer when she annihilated her 13 rivals and raced to the winning post in solitary splendour to win the grade 1, Kingfisher Ultra Pune Derby, the most prestigious race of the monsoon campaign.

Jockey Suraj Narredu who rode Lady In Lace for the first time settled her in mid-bunch, gradually moved up to the outside around the final turn to avoid the traffic of front-runners falling back after setting a rather fast pace, and then asked for an effort from the filly. Lady In Lace was quick to respond, and lengthened her stride to leave them stone cold. Such was the electric acceleration by the filly that by the time she crossed the winning post, she had opened up almost a nine-length gap between herself and runner up Rochester (CS Jodha up).