Lady Speightspeare is the 19th Gr1 winner for Speightstown winning the Natalma Stakes (8f) at Woodbine.
Racing on the lead, Lady Speightspeare drew clear in the home straight to defeat Alda (Munnings) by 3-3/4 lengths with Seasons (Tapit) another two lengths away in third. (Pic: Woodbine/Michael Burns)
The Charles Fipke-homebred is now the winner of both her races and a three-quarter sister to this year’s Gr3 Marine Stakes winner Shirl’s Speight (Speightstown),
Her dam Lady Shakespeare (Theatrical) won the Ontario Colleen Stakes as well as the Gr2 New York Stakes and Gr3 Bewitch Stakes. She is a sister to Gr1 Woodbine Mile winner Shakespeare and a half-sister to GrI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul), the dam of Shirl’s Speight,
The granddam Lady Shirl (That’s A Nice) won 18 races including the Gr1 Flower Bowl Stakes on turf at Belmont Park.
Lady Speightspeare is also the 115th stakes winner for Speightstown (Gone West) who stands at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.