Famous Name has his first winner and he looks a good one

Escobar flies the flag for the Irish National Stud resident

Escobar: most expensive son of Famous Name to be sold at auctionCredit: Mark Cranham

Famous Name has registered his first winner as a sire - and it looks like he could have a good one on his hands.

His breakthrough came on Friday when his son Escobar made an impressive winning debut in a 7f maiden at Newbury.

started slowly but made smooth progress to take up the lead one furlong from home and went clear to beat Devil's Bridge (by Casamento) by two lengths, with Red Ensign (Dark Angel) in third.

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Martin StevensBloodstock journalist

Published on 15 July 2016inInternational

Last updated 19:19, 15 July 2016

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