MISS STAMPER underlined what a bargain buy she was for just 7,500 guineas at the yearling sales, when romping away with the £150,000 Tattersalls Breeders Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.
Already successful in the Weathetys Super Sprint at Newbury and more recently in a Newmarket nursery, Miss Stamper pushed her earnings to beyond the £150,000 mark when completing a four-timer in the hands of David Harrison for trainer Richard Hannon.
Miss Stamper was produced by Harrison to tackle and quickly pass another English raider Paddy Lad, from the Rae Guest stable, before the final furlong to forge clear on the favoured stand's side of the track.
Punters waded into Aidan. O'Brien's Melleray who was sent off 3 to 1 joint favourite with the winner, but Christy Roche's mount was clearly beaten by the draw.
Showing clear on the far side of the track, Melleray had to be content with fifth place as Miss Stamper, Paddy Lad and the winner's stablemate Pelham filled the first three places ahead of the Charles O'Brien-trained Fairy Song, another drawn on the stand's side.
Harrison was having his first mount at the Curragh and not surprisingly regards Miss Stamper as "a very good filly indeed".
"There was plenty of early pace on so I gave her a chance before she came on the bridle soon after halfway and then took off like a really smart filly to win well," the winning rider explained.
Earlier, John Reid produced" Robert Sangster's Equal Rights with a perfectly-timed challenge to capture the Group Three Futurity Stakes. After being held up, Equal Rights, a 100 to 30 shot, quickened impressively approaching the final furlong to take charge, beating Mick Channon's Recondite by one and a half lengths, with Beautiful Fire the same distance back in third.
"We made the running with him at Goodwood, which was a mistake. He showed his true worth here and he may just have one more run in the Royal Lodge or the Racing Post Trophy before we put him away until next year," said winning trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam.
Record-chasing My Gallery is poised to return to action on Thursday with her trainer confident she will eventually create a slice of turf history. The hard working mare was yesterday pencilled in for Salisbury's Wessex Stallions Handicap as she seeks the success that will put her in the record books.
My Gallery registered her eighth handicap victory - and ninth win of the season - when securing the Rothmans Royal North South Series Handicap at Chester on Saturday. It leaves her just one short of the 20th century record for the most handicap wins in a season achieved by Chaplins Club (twice), Glencroft, Star Rage and Vindaloo.
