First British or Irish winner for Born To Sea

Success for the half-brother to Galileo and Sea The Stars

Sea Of Grace: represents the same connections as her well-related sire Born To SeaCredit: Caroline Norris

Freshman sire Born To Sea was represented by a first winner in Britain or Ireland on Saturday when his daughter Sea Of Grace broke her maiden at the second attempt in a 7½f maiden at Tipperary.

Sea Of Grace is trained by John Oxx for the Tsui family's Sunderland Holding - the same team who campaigned Born To Sea to win the Listed Blenheim Stakes on his two-year-old debut and to finish second in the Irish Derby at three.

She was bred by Robert Norton out of the winning Vettori mare Lady Dettoria, a half-sister to Group 3 runner-up and Grade 1 Gulfstram Park Turf Stakes fourth Cougar Bay.

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Martin StevensBloodstock journalist

Published on 10 July 2016inNews

Last updated 18:21, 10 July 2016

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