Four year-old Pivotal mare Rosa Imperial made it three wins in as many starts when cruising to a length victory in the six furlong sprint for colts and fillies.
A Godolphin homebred trained by Andre Fabre, Rosa Imperial made her debut last
month with a narrow win at Fontainebleau and followed up with a Listed victory
at Maisons Laffitte on June 10.Lisa-Jane Graffard of Godolphin commented: "We were delighted with the performance of Rosa Imperial, particularly as it was only her third start.
"We will see how she comes out of this race before making any plans but she has plenty of speed and has done nothing wrong in her races so far."
She's clearly thriving on racing and improving in leaps and bounds, so her progress will be followed with great interest by the many Australian breeders who hold an interest in this family.
Rosa Imperial is the second stakes-winner for Rose Trail, an unraced Kingmambo daughter of Australian Group III winner Mannington, who also placed in a Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap and VATC Blue Diamond Stakes.
Bought by Darley for $2,050,000 at the 2005 Inglis Broodmare Sale, Mannington had already produced Group I VRC Victoria Derby winner Benicio and then left Australian Group II winner Romneya for Darley before being exported to the Northern Hemisphere.
Mannington produced six foals in the Northern Hemisphere for Darley with Rose Trail, who was the first of them now shaping as a potential blue hen given her first two foals are stakes-winners with Rosa Imperial preceded by Rosental, who was a stakes-winner in France last year.
Of the six Northern Hemisphere bred foals from Mannington, four have raced and two were minor winners.
In 2013, Mannington was returned to Darley Australia and has produced two year-old Shamardal (USA) colt Catesby and a yearling colt by Lonhro that has already been named Roheryn.
He is her final foal as Mannington died last month, not quite getting to her 20thbirthday.
By champion sire Danehill (USA), Mannington was bred in the purple being a half-sister to Group I STC Coolmore Classic winner Bollinger from Golden Slipper winner Bint Marscay.
Bint Marscay was one of three Group I winners from legendary producer Eau D'Etoile, who also gave us Filante and Kenny's Best Pal as well as stakes-placed Temple Fire, the dam of another Group I winner in Stella Cadente.
This is a family that appears regularly at the major yearling sales, so a new branch of success for it is something of interest for many.
The family appears at the upcoming Inglis Turangga Farm Dispersal with Lot 35 Brilliant Bisc, a stakes-winning daughter of Stella Cadente.
