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Lazzat adds French twist to Golden Eagle

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France's Jerome Reynier will break new ground in the Golden Eagle with his first Australian runner.

Trainer : William Haggas.
Trainer : William Haggas. Picture: Racing and Sports

It has been almost two decades since Jerome Reynier's last trip to Australia and back then, becoming a horse trainer wasn't at the top of his bucket list.

As a member of Godolphin's highly respected Flying Start program, Reynier had designs on working in bloodstock and for a while, that was the path he pursued.

But his love of the animal eventually nudged him towards taking out his licence in France and from his first runner as a trainer in his own right in 2013, he has gone on to win more than 840 races, five at Group 1 level.

"Seventeen years ago, I wasn't planning to be a trainer to be honest with you," Reynier said.

"I thought it was a bit too hard to make it. I was more on the breeding side and after a few placements with some trainers, I lost a bit of contact with the horse himself being a bloodstock agent, so I really wanted to be back with the horse himself.

"I started to ask for a licence in France to be a trainer and I started really from scratch, training just a couple of horses.

"I have been very lucky to have a few good horses to win some nice races in the last few years."

Among them is unbeaten gelding Lazzat, who will bid to become the first European-trained horse to win the $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

An on-speed runner, Lazzat kicked off his career with a maiden success in January and rose to the ranks of Group 1 winner when clearing out to claim the Prix Maurice de Gheest (1300m) by three lengths at Deauville in August.

The Golden Eagle has been on his radar for six months and Reynier can find no obvious chinks in Lazzat's armour.

"He has done nothing wrong, he can cope with any kind of conditions. He has won on heavy ground, firm ground, left-handed, right-handed, straight courses, everything. He is a very nice horse," he said.

"He has got a really high cruising speed, and I think he is ticking many boxes for Saturday's race."

While Lazzat is the first horse Reynier has travelled to Australia, he has enjoyed fruitful international raids elsewhere with the likes of Royal Julius, Marianafoot and Facteur Cheval all successful across the Middle East.

Reynier also revealed he had sought advice from none other than maestro William Haggas, who has Lake Forest in Saturday's race, and boasts a tremendous record bringing horses such as Addeybb and Dubai Honour to Sydney.

"William Haggas has been very helpful to me," Reynier said.

"We have been talking a lot together, planning this trip together with his horse. They have been working together on the turf back at Newmarket before flying down here.

"Obviously, he has plenty of experience travelling horses Down Under, and we have been very lucky travelling horses all over the world.

"We have been winning in Bahrain, in Qatar, in Dubai and obviously that was the first time with the switch in hemispheres so we will see how it comes on Saturday."

Lazzat will be partnered by Sardinian-born jockey Antonio Orani, who has ridden him in all his starts to date, and while Reynier has faith in his horse, he also acknowledges the task ahead.

"It's long travel, it's a lot of changes and you never know what can happen," he said.

"On what we have seen so far, he's one of the best in Europe….and we're happy to bring him down here and try to challenge an international field with the Japanese and the locals and even the William Haggas horse, who ran a great race in the Commonwealth (Cup) finishing second at Royal Ascot.

"It's a very strong field and it looks to be a very interesting race."


Racing and Sports

Rosehill

Saturday, 02nd November 2024

8
16:45
(local)

JAMES SQUIRE GOLDEN EAGLE

Age: 4yo Type: OPEN Fastest Time: 1:27.62 Espiona 11 Mar 2023 3yo+ FM Qlty SOT:G
AUD $10,000,000
1500m TURF SOFT 5
8
16:45
(local)
AUD $10,000,000
1500m SOFT 5

JAMES SQUIRE GOLDEN EAGLE

Age: 4yo Type: OPEN Fastest Time: 1:27.62 Espiona 11 Mar 2023 3yo+ FM Qlty SOT:G
Tab
Form
Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
BP
Trainer
WT
1
9x513
SOUTHPORT TYCOON (AUS) 4yo H
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - READY TO RULE (USA)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
15
CIARON MAHER
57.5kg

Sales Information

2
21x09
VEIGHT (AUS) 4yo H
GRUNT (NZ) - NEENA ROCK (AUS)
HARRY COFFEY
18
T & C MCEVOY
57.5kg

Sales Information

3
x1524
TOM KITTEN (AUS) 4yo G
HARRY ANGEL (IRE) - TRANSFERS (AUS)
BEN MELHAM
2
JAMES CUMMINGS
57.5kg
4
1x111
OSTRAKA (AUS) 4yo G
PARIAH (AUS) - MADAME ANDREE (AUS)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
13
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
57.5kg

Sales Information

5
x8590
GRIFF (AUS) 4yo H
TRAPEZE ARTIST (AUS) - CHATEAU GRIFFO (AUS)
DYLAN GIBBONS
6
CIARON MAHER
57.5kg

Sales Information

6
0x714
ENCAP (AUS) 4yo G
CAPITALIST (AUS) - ENQUARE (AUS)
JASON COLLETT
1
GARY PORTELLI
57.5kg

Sales Information

7
621x2
XIDAKI (AUS) 4yo G
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - ATHANEA (AUS)
TOM SHERRY
10
PETER SNOWDEN
57.5kg
8
66x10
CHRYSAOR (AUS) 4yo G
BETTER THAN READY (AUS) - NEW WINGS (AUS)
REGAN BAYLISS
14
CHRIS WALLER
57.5kg

Sales Information

9
x5494
KINTYRE (AUS) 4yo G
HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) - MULL OVER (AUS)
REECE JONES
3
GARY PORTELLI
57.5kg
10
11x23
WAR MACHINE (NZ) 4yo G
HARRY ANGEL (IRE) - CASERTA (AUS)
JAY FORD
7
MICHAEL MORONEY & GLEN THOMPSON
57.5kg

Sales Information

11
72x36
PORT LOCKROY (AUS) 4yo H
BETTER THAN READY (AUS) - FREEZETHEMILLIONS (AUS)
ADAM HYERONIMUS
9
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
57.5kg

Sales Information

12
1111x
LAZZAT (FR) 3yo G
TERRITORIES (IRE) - LASTOCHKA (GB)
ANTONIO ORANI
12
JEROME REYNIER
56.5kg

Sales Information

13
13122
CRAIG (GB) 3yo G
TERRITORIES (IRE) - TRAVEL WRITER (IRE)
NASH RAWILLER
5
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG
56.5kg

Sales Information

14
7x22x
LAKE FOREST (GB) 3yo C
NO NAY NEVER (USA) - LADY AQUITAINE (USA)
CIEREN FALLON
8
WILLIAM HAGGAS
56.5kg

Sales Information

15
31x29
STEFI MAGNETICA (AUS) 4yo M
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - MID SUMMER MUSIC (AUS)
ZAC LLOYD
4
BJORN BAKER
55.5kg

Sales Information

16
1x137
JOLIESTAR (AUS) 4yo M
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - JOLIE BAY (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
11
CHRIS WALLER
55.5kg

Sales Information

17
x4103
MAKARENA (AUS) 4yo M
SNITZEL (AUS) - WECANSAY MAK (AUS)
TYLER SCHILLER
20
M, W & J HAWKES
55.5kg

Sales Information

18
9x237
SKYBIRD (AUS) 4yo M
EXOSPHERE (AUS) - REAL DESIRE (AUS)
BEAU MERTENS
16
MITCHELL FREEDMAN
55.5kg

Sales Information

19
x22x1
ASCOLI PICENO (JPN) 3yo F
DAIWA MAJOR (JPN) - ASCOLTI (JPN)
JOAO MOREIRA
17
YOICHI KUROIWA
54.5kg
20
x20x0
CORAZON BEAT (JPN) 3yo F
SUAVE RICHARD (JPN) - LE CIEL D'OR (JPN)
TOMMY BERRY
19
SHIZUYA KATO
54.5kg

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