The blue blooded Marksman Queen, a half-sister to Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young sire Sharp Frank, picked up her biggest win to date when she won Saturday’s G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park.
Marksman Queen earned her first Graded Stakes victory much the same way she captured her Stakes debut in her previous start – by leading at every point of call and having enough left in the tank late to hold on for a head victory in the G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park on Saturday, 5 July.
A compact field of five fillies and mares went to the post in the 11-furlong turf contest, with Marksman Queen going off as the favorite. The daughter of Dubawi didn’t disappoint, always racing comfortably throughout, with plenty left in the tank to hold off the late challenge of Spanish Eyes to win.
Trained by Graham Motion (who was winning the race for a tenth time), five-year-old Marksman Queen has won five wins from 18 starts with earnings of $382,424.
The progressive mare, who had won the Keertana Stakes prior to her Robert G. Dick win, is one of six winners, and four black type horses produced by her top-class dam Sharp Susan.
The latter, whose Frankel son Sharp Frank stands at Drakenstein, is also the dam of 2017-2018 South African Horse Of The Year Oh Susanna, whose daughter Little Suzie won the recent G2 Woolavington 2000.
Sharp Susan herself won six times including the G2 Lake Placid Stakes and the G3 Herecomesthebride Stakes, and is a half-sister to G1 winners Spring At Last and Sharp Lisa.
Original article written by Cape Breeders Club