Fantasy Lady is SW66 for Dark Angel and the 51st for Shamardal as a broodmare sire winning the Staffordstown Stud Stakes (8f) at The Curragh.
Fantasy Lady settled towards the rear of the field before taking closer order two furlongs out, ridden into the lead inside the final furlong and edging Sense Of Style (Zoffany) by a short-head in a driving finish with La Joconde (Frankel) in third.
It is the first win from 3 starts for Fantasy Lady, a 80.000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Book 2.
Inbred 3×4 Machiavellian, Fantasy Lady is a sister to Doncaster winner Al Hajar and Volition, the winning dam of Undertake (Kodiac), a winner this year as well as finishing third in the Listed Empress Stakes at Newmarket.
The dam Warshah (Shamardal) an unraced half-sister to Gr1 Prix de l’Opera winner Kinnaird (Dr Devious), the dam of Gr2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket winner Berkshire (Mount Nelson) and Australian Listed winner Abdon (Cacique).
Yeomanstown Stud-based Dark Angel also has Listed winners Althiqa and Hareem Queen out of mares by Shamardal.
