Lady Tilbury and Gary Carroll © Photo Healy Racing
Lady Tilbury booked her ticket for the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot by making it two wins from three starts in the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Race at Tipperary.
The David Marnane-trained filly won at Cork earlier this month and followed up here under Gary Carroll at odds of 5/2.
The MRC International owners group were out in force to greet the daughter of Bated Breath after she led over a furlong out and kept on well to beat Mehmar by a length. Profitable Edge could find no extra in the closing stages a further half-a-length away in third.
Marnane said, “She’s a lovely filly, but she’s not just a two-year-old. She’ll go to the Queen Mary.
“I think she probably didn’t learn much the second day (in Cork), so I’m glad she had the run here because she’s learned a good bit today. I think she will come on for it.
“It’s 16 days to the Queen Mary but we’ll be fine, I think. It’s exciting to have a filly like that. She has a lot of natural ability. She’s a big unit and she’s got plenty of gears.
“She hit the front plenty soon enough today and had a look but again I liked what I saw where she went around the bend, and he couldn’t pull her up.
“It’s a great bunch of people involved (owners MRC International). She’s the first runner, so hopefully there’s a few more nice horses in it. We set up the syndicate this year and bought 19 two-year-olds. It’s a two-year project, so it’s great to have one ready to go to Ascot, and hopefully there’s more to go to other places.”
