Given a lovely ride by Larry Cassidy, the Barry Baldwin trained filly settled
in behind the leaders and when asked to accelerate in the straight she quickly
dropped them all cold.A touch green when hitting top gear, she soon settled to the task and strode away to win the 1200 metre sprint by seven lengths in a performance that should see her competitive in Black Type races over the carnival.
A $30,000 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale purchase for her trainer from the Wyalla Thoroughbreds draft, Shadow Lawn is a half-sister to smart Brisbane metropolitan winner Glendara and is the second winner for the Marju (IRE) mare Art Gallery, a daughter of stakes-winning Zabeel mare Chamoix.
She traces back to stakes-winning matriarch Lavender Hill, whose many stakes-winning descendants include the likes of Group II winners Vavasour, Vilanova, Sir Clive and Regent Street
Art Gallery was covered last spring by Newgate Farm's Group I winning Snitzel stallion Sizzling.
Shadow Lawn is the third winner for Glenlogan Park based Group II QTC Queensland Guineas winner Rothesay, who stands this spring at a fee of $11,000.
Rothesay quickly made it four winners with In His Stride winning the very next race - read about him here.
