French 'TDN Rising Star' Bound For Maher and Eustace Barn In Oz
Updated: January 5, 2023 at 10:45 am
Listed winner, Group 2-placed and 'TDN Rising Star' Lassaut (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) has been acquired privately by a syndicate led by Ozzie Kheir, and has entered quarantine prior to joining the Ciaron Maher/David Eustace barn Down Under.
“He will arrive here later this month,” Kheir told Racing.com. “He will not be targeted for the Autumn Carnivals at all, he will be aimed for the spring.”
Bred by Haras d'Etreham–which stands his sire who shuttles to New Zealand's Cambridge Stud–and Riviera Equine, SRL, Lassaut raced in their colours for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. Named a 'Rising Star' at second asking in a Chantilly Polytrack maiden in March of 2022, the colt took an April conditions event at ParisLongchamp, but was only fifth in Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire})'s G1 French 2000 Guineas a month later. Lassaut claimed the Listed Prix Nureyev at Deauville in August two starts later and was a close second in the G2 Prix Niel on Sept. 11, before running unplaced in the G2 Prix Dollar on Arc weekend.