Freshman Sire Havana Grey Off The Mark at Redcar

Whitsbury Manor Stud resident Havana Grey (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) notched his first winner when David O'Meara-trained debutante Star of Lady M (GB) battled to victory in Monday's Flat Is Back On Racing TV Fillies' Restricted Novice S. at Redcar. The 15,000gns Tattersalls October Book 3 yearling went postward as the 9-2 second choice for the straight five-furlong test and broke well to race in a prominent second from the outset. Shaken up passing the quarter-mile marker, she gained a narrow advantage approaching the final furlong and was driven out in the closing stages to assert by 3/4-of-a-length from Brocklesby runner-up Primrose Ridge (GB) (Aclaim {Ire}).

Star of Lady M is the second foal and scorer produced by a winning daughter of Pulitzer (Bernardini), herself an unraced half-sister to MG1SW sire Fantastic Light (Rahy) and MG1SP Listed Pretty Polly S. victrix Hi Dubai (GB) (Rahy). The March-foaled grey is half to a yearling filly by Showcasing (GB).