First Stakes Winner for Starman as Lady Iman Snags First Flier Success

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Ger Lyons trainee Lady Iman (Starman) lined up as unbeaten winner-of-one for Monday's Listed Holden Plant Rentals First Flier Stakes and continued her winning streak to provide her freshman sire with a breakthrough stakes winner at the Curragh.

The crowd's 4-7 selection, fresh off a Mar. 28 maiden win at Dundalk, broke swiftly and raced in a close-up fourth through the early stages of this five-furlong contest. Going well on the bridle when slipping one position passing the quarter-mile marker, she eased through a gap to lead with 100 yards remaining and easily asserted superiority from there, hitting the line with a 1 1/4-length advantage from True Love (No Nay Never).

“She's a lovely filly and Colin [Keane] was very impressed with her,” commented Lyons. “She has plenty of speed and will learn plenty from that. I've never took this filly off the bridle so I don't know what the limit is with her. At the moment, I'm thinking of Naas for the [G3 Juvenile Fillies] Sprint and I know that would suit Tally-Ho. I'm delighted for them because training for them is a pleasure. They gave me the horse to promote the sire, they didn't give her to me because they like me, so I ran her. I'll sleep on it and talk to Colin about it, but I've no problem with her getting six.”

 

That's impressive

Lady Iman (Starman) lands Listed honours almost like it's a piece of work as this exciting filly remains unbeaten for Ger Lyons and @ctkjockey @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/90oq8h5l8J

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Monday, Curragh, Ireland
HOLDEN PLANT RENTALS FIRST FLIER STAKES-Listed, €50,000, Curragh, 5-5, 2yo, 5fT, 1:02.56, gd.
1–LADY IMAN (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Starman (GB)
1st Dam: Lady Aria (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Kodiac (GB)
2nd Dam: Dot Hill (GB), by Refuse To Bend (Ire)
3rd Dam: Purple Tiger (Ire), by Rainbow Quest
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (£185,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-Mrs A O'Callaghan; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $50,114. *1/2 to West Acre (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), MGSW-UAE, $378,255.
2–True Love (Ire), 126, f, 2, No Nay Never–Alluringly, by Fastnet Rock (Aus). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €10,000.
3–Power Blue (Ire), 131, c, 2, Space Blues (Ire)–Visions (Ire), by Worthadd (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€30,000 Wlg '23 GOFNOF; £44,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-LNA Racing Syndicate; B-Finanza Locale Consulting (IRE); T-Adrian Murray. €5,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HD, 1. Odds: 0.57, 12.00, 2.50.
Also Ran: Spring Is Here (Ire), Stop The Nation (Ire), Call Margot (Ire).

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