Given a lovely ride by Larry Cassidy, the Barry Baldwin trained filly settled in behind the leaders and when asked to accelerate in the straight she quickly dropped them all cold.
A touch green when hitting top gear, she soon settled to the task and strode away to win the 1200 metre sprint by seven lengths in a performance that should see her competitive in Black Type races over the carnival.
A $30,000 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale purchase for her trainer from the Wyalla Thoroughbreds draft, Shadow Lawn is a half-sister to smart Brisbane metropolitan winner Glendara and is the second winner for the Marju (IRE) mare Art Gallery, a daughter of stakes-winning Zabeel mare Chamoix.
She traces back to stakes-winning matriarch Lavender Hill, whose many stakes-winning descendants include the likes of Group II winners Vavasour, Vilanova, Sir Clive and Regent Street
Art Gallery was covered last spring by Newgate Farm's Group I winning Snitzel stallion Sizzling.
Shadow Lawn is the third winner for Glenlogan Park based Group II QTC Queensland Guineas winner Rothesay, who stands this spring at a fee of $11,000.
Rothesay quickly made it four winners with In His Stride winning the very next race - read about him here.