Sea Of Grace provides Born To Sea with his first stakes winner

Two-year-old filly's success came at the scene of her sire's sole victory

Sea Of Grace in the Curragh winners enclosure with John Oxx (right)

First-season sire Born To Sea recorded his first stakes winner on Sunday when his daughter Sea Of Grace showed equal amounts of guts and class to land the Group 3 Flame Of Tara Stakes at the Curragh.

Fittingly the filly is trained by John Oxx, who also oversaw the career of Born To Sea.

The two-year-old was bred by Robert Norton out of Lady Dettoria, a 1m4f winner in France by Vettori and out of the Listed-winning Delimara.

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James ThomasSales correspondent

Published on 28 August 2016inInternational

Last updated 19:14, 28 August 2016

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