"Today he proved he belongs in the top league," Reynier said, before revealing the gelding's big aim later in the year.
"The Golden Eagle in Australia is his target against local 4-year- olds with a weight allowance," he explained. AIt was won last year by a Japanese horse who had the same conditions. He has to have two weeks' quarantine in Newmarket and two more locally, so we will see but it looks like a race designed for him.
He doesn't need much work, he's just a good horse and a pure champion, I think."
Now six-for-six, the Sumbe homebred has come a long way since his debut at Cagnes-sur-Mer in January and his trainer was keen to herald his efforts in turning around the mindset of what was a tricky - character at the outset. "This horse would not be what he is had he not been gelded," he explained. "He was very difficult to be around and impossible to train early on--heavy and mean and gelding him has transformed him. The team at home has done a great job."
"We trained him early this year and he had three races in Cagnes, quite close together but easy like morning gallops and they were necessary to build him up," Reynier added. "It is unbelievable the way he was physically and mentally today, he was so strong and it gives you so much confidence. He's a bit like Facteur Cheval, he never lets you down and he is exciting for the coming months and years--he is going to run forever hopefully, if he can stay safe and sound. He goes on any ground and on left, right or straight courses so he ticks many boxes."
Nurlan Bizakov simply said, "Some horses don't know how to win, but Lazzat doesn't know how to lose!"
Pedigree Notes
Lazzat, who becomes the third Group 1 winner for his sire, is currently the only known foal out of Lastochka (Ire) (Australia {GB}), a granddaughter of the G1 1,000 Guineas heroine`Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy). Her four black-type winners include the G3 Winter Derby winner Gentleman's Deal (Ire) (Danehill) and the G3 Superior Mile winner Hathal (Speightstown), while her dam is the top producer Alidiva (Ire) (Chief Singer {Ire}) who also produced Sleepytime's G1 Sussex Stakes-winning full-brother Ali-Royal (Ire) and the four-times Group 1 winner Taipan (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}).
TDN 2024/08/05
Comments