By Sean Cronin
Havana Grey, who was an Apr. 22 debut second going five panels at Nottingham, broke through over the same trip at Ayr last time and continued on the upgrade with a career high in this black-type bow. Making full use of his rail draw to assert for the lead after a mainly level break, he held sway throughout and kept on strongly under late urging to comfortably hold the late bids of Frozen Angel and Haddaf.
Havana Grey, full-brother to a yearling colt, is the first stakes scorer for his Tweenhills Stud-based freshman sire (by Teofilo {Ire}) and was produced by a winning half-sister to G3 Molecomb S. runner-up Fast Act (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}). He hails from a family which includes G1 Irish 1000 Guineas victress and G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Al Bahathri (Blushing Groom {Fr}), herself the dam of five black-type performers headed by G1 2000 Guineas-winning sire Haafhd (GB) (Alhaarth {Ire}) and G1 Coronation S. runner-up Hasbah (Ire) (Kris {GB}).
BETTER ODDS WITH MATCHBOOK NATIONAL S.-Listed, £26,000, SAN, 5-25, 2yo, 5f 10yT, :59.93, g/f.
1–#HAVANA GREY (GB), 129, c, 2, by Havana Gold (Ire)
1st Dam: Blanc de Chine (Ire), by Dark Angel (Ire)
2nd Dam: Nullarbor (GB), by Green Desert
3rd Dam: Bloudan, by Damascus
(42,000gns Wlg '15 TATFOA; €70,000 Ylg '16 ARAUG). O-Global Racing Club & Mrs E Burke; B-Mickley Stud & Lady Lonsdale (GB); T-Karl Burke; J-Patrick McDonald. £14,745. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $24,562.
2–Frozen Angel (Ire), 129, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Cut No Ice (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). (£165,000 Ylg '16 GOUKPR). O-Cleverley, Dance, Mound, Owen. £5,590.
3–Haddaf (Ire), 129, c, 2, Dawn Approach (Ire)">Dawn Approach (Ire)–Deveron, by Cozzene. (85,000gns Ylg '16 TATOCT). O-Saif Ali. £2,798.
Margins: 1, NK, 1HF. Odds: 5.00, 1.75, 10.00.
Also Ran: Sound and Silence (GB), Chagatai (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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