Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes L - Queen's Grace

Filed on 30 Oct 2009 @ 14:54

Stallion statistics: Bahamian Bounty

EBF IGLOOS BOSRA SHAM FILLIES' S.-Listed

£30,000, Newmarket, 10-30, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:14.01, gd.

1--QUEEN’S GRACE (GB), 124, f, 2
Bahamian Bounty (GB)--Palace Affair (GB), by Pursuit of Love (GB)
O/B-Miss B Swire; T-Hughie Morrison; J-Steve Drowne; £17,031.

2--Puff (Ire), 124, f, 2
Camacho (GB)--Kelsey Rose (GB), by Most Welcome (GB). £6,456.

3--Tomintoul Singer (Ire), 124, f, 2
Johannesburg--Shivaree (GB), by Rahy £3,231.

Margins: 1, HD, 1HF. Odds: 16-1, 13-8, 12-1.
Also Ran: Conniption (Ire), Amitola (Ire), Roodle (GB), Coin From Heaven (Ire), Jeanie Johnston (Ire), Seeking Dubai (GB), Manx Miss, Skylla (GB), Chaussini (GB).

Homebred by Bridget Swire, Queen's Grace is a half sister to the winner April Fool out of five-time Listed sprint winner Palace Affair, herself a sister to the Listed-placed winner King's Caprice and a half sister to Group One July Cup winner Sakhee's Secret. The second dam Palace Street won the Listed John of Gaunt Stakes and the Cammidge Trophy.

This is the first stakes win of the season for Bahamian Bounty, who has 62 winners at a 40% strike rate, placing him ninth on the list of leading sires of sprinters, and has seen 33 yearlings sell for an average of £26,349. His son Pastoral Pursuits, with 16 winners, is sixth on the freshman sires' list by number of winners.

Pedigree of QUEEN'S GRACE, 2007

Bahamian Bounty
1994
Cadeaux Genereux
1985
Young Generation
1976
Balidar
Brig Odoon
Smarten Up
1975
Sharpen Up
Languissola
Clarentia
1984
Ballad Rock
1974
Bold Lad
True Rocket
Laharden
1979
Mount Hagen
Sinella
Palace Affair
1998
Pursuit Of Love
1989
Groom Dancer
1984
Blushing Groom
Featherhill
Dance Quest
1981
Green Dancer
Polyponder
Palace Street
1987
Secreto
1981
Northern Dancer
Betty's Secret
Majestic Street
1972
Majestic Prince
Beaver Street
Filed on 30 Oct 2009 @ 14:54