By Tom Frary
With the kind of start that Whitsbury Manor Stud's Havana Grey (GB) has enjoyed, it was only a matter of time before his first crop featured a black-type winner and it duly came at Naas on Wednesday evening. Supplied by the Amo Racing And Omnihorse Racing-owned and Alice Haynes-trained filly Lady Hollywood (GB) in the five-furlong Listed Arqana Irish EBF Marwell S., the landmark is surely only the beginning in this category for one of the most successful first-season sires of recent times (by Havana Gold {Ire}). Always travelling easily under Rossa Ryan tracking the pace, the 100-30 second favourite picked off the 5-6 market-leader Mauiewowie (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) approaching the final furlong en route to a comfortable 1 1/2-length success.
🇬🇧 British success in the Listed Marwell Stakes as Lady Hollywood completes the hat-trick with a fine effort for @ahaynesracing, @Rossaryan15 & @amoracingltd at @naasracecourse pic.twitter.com/pTNGw9JLJZ
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Haynes said of the winner, who had easily beat Thursday's maiden winner Mrs U S A (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) at Lingfield June 25 and at Beverley July 12, “Our only concern coming here today was whether this race was a bit too soon from Beverley but the form was franked when the horse that she beat twice just went and won before this race. She has a great brain and is so straightforward to train. She showed a lot of speed here and it appears that she is getting quicker and quicker. We can probably set our sights a bit higher now. Rossa just said about sending her to America for the Breeders' Cup, but we'll go back to the drawing board and speak to the owner before making a plan.”
The winner is the last known foal out of a relative of Momalorka (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who was third in the G3 Firth of Clyde S., and of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning sire Where Or When (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).
ARQANA IRISH EBF MARWELL S.-Listed, €48,000, Naas, 7-20, 2yo, f, 5fT, :59.81, gd.
1–LADY HOLLYWOOD (GB), 128, f, 2, by Havana Grey (GB)
1st Dam: Dubai Legend (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
2nd Dam: Royal Future (Ire), by Royal Academy
3rd Dam: Future Past, by Super Concorde
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (11,000gns RNA Wlg '20 TATFOA; €25,000 Ylg '21 GOFSPT; 58,000gns RNA 2yo '22 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing and Omnihorse Racing; B-D & S L Tanker Transport Ltd (GB); T-Alice Haynes; J-Rossa Ryan. €28,800. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $41,728.
2–Mauiewowie (GB), 128, f, 2, Night Of Thunder (Ire)–La Chapelle (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (52,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 155,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Eleanora Kennedy; B-Trebles Holford Farm Thoroughbreds (GB); T-Ger Lyons. €9,600.
3–Treasure Trove (Ire), 128, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Pichola Dance (Ire), by Distorted Humor. O/B-Merry Fox Stud Limited (IRE); T-Paddy Twomey. €4,800.
Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, 2. Odds: 3.30, 0.83, 5.50.
Also Ran: Lady Tilbury (GB), Escaping Thejungle (Ire), Ardad's Great (GB), Charming Lady (Ire). Scratched: Funny Money Honey (Ire), Profitable Edge (Ire).
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