Turf Monthly

LADY OF CAMELOT

Lady Of Camelot joined a prestigious group of fillies by winning the 2024 Golden Slipper. It is fair to say that the result was something of an upset with the filly narrowly pipping Coleman who started at long odds. The short-priced favourite Storm Boy was a close third after perhaps being on the worst part of the track on a day that seemed to favour those away from the fence. But nothing can take away from the victory of Lady Of Camelot who now becomes an incredibly valuable breeding proposition.

The filly is a daughter of champion stallion, Written Tycoon out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Miss Debutante. She was the third foal of the mare, and interestingly her two older siblings both started in stakes races at Moonee Valley on Golden

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