By Sean Cronin
Ralph Beckett trainee Lady Roisia (St Mark's Basilica), who is a daughter of G1 Oaks heroine Talent (New Approach), backed up a promising debut third at Leicester last month with a game half-length victory in Thursday's EBF Oh So Sharp Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Nottingham, becoming the 17th winner for her freshman sire (by Siyouni).
“It was strong form from Leicester and she was entitled to take a nice step forward,” said winning rider Hector Crouch. “She moved into contention well today and I thought she would go and kick clear, but just showed a bit of greenness inside the furlong. She just rolled around a little bit, so she's value for a little bit more. She's looking at the big screen on the inside and she was left alone out in front with two [furlongs] to run, so she's done well.”
Behind some very smart types on debut, Lady Roisia (St Mark's Basilica) opens her account second-time out and looks a filly to note over further next term for @RalphBeckett and @newsellspark pic.twitter.com/hmUZ1N0eWH
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1st-Nottingham, £8,000, Mdn, 10-2, 2yo, f, 8f 75yT, 1:51.00, g/s.
LADY ROISIA (GB) (f, 2, St Mark's Basilica {Fr}–Talent {GB} {G1SW-Eng, $765,222}, by New Approach {Ire}), who finished just under six lengths behind the winner when third in a hot novices' heat at Leicester in her Sept. 9 unveiling last time, broke swiftly from the outside stall and shadowed the leader in second for the most part here. Shaken up to launch her bid with a quarter-mile remaining, the 5-6 favourite seized control soon after and was ridden out inside the final furlong to prevail by a half-length from Enchanted Queen (Ghaiyyath), becoming the 17th winner for her freshman sire (by Siyouni).
Lady Roisia is the seventh of eight foals and fifth scorer out of G1 Oaks heroine Talent (New Approach), whose first was multiple Group-winning G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up Ambition (Dubawi). Talent is a daughter of Listed Cheshire Oaks third Prowess (Peintre Celebre) and thus a half-sister to the stakes-placed duo Skilful (Selkirk) and King Power (Frankel). The February-foaled chestnut is kin to a yearling filly by New Bay. Sales history: 575,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $7,367.
O-Newsells Park Stud -Bloodstock 25; B-Ashbrittle Stud & M H Dixon; T-Ralph Beckett.
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