Caballo De Mar offered George Scott with the largest success of his profession with a gutsy success within the Qatar Prix du Cadran at ParisLongchamp.
The winner has been an ideal advert for Scott this season, as whereas he has been prolific in profitable eight of his final 11 races, his first victory got here off a lowly mark of 64 final September.
He was second within the Chester Cup to East India Dock, second at Royal Ascot within the Copper Horse Stakes and gained the German St Leger final day trip.
Whereas Scott had gained native Group Ones in Bahrain, this was his first top-level success in Europe. The win was additionally notable for house owners Victorious Endlessly, a brand new enterprise between brothers Shaikh Nasser and Shaikh Khalid who had beforehand raced horses below their very own steam.
Scott mentioned: “It is an incredible feeling and a really special occasion for me and my workforce at house – we have lastly bought there.
“I used to be on the ground as he crossed the road I’ve to confess and I do not actually get emotional, so that is what it meant to me. We have been ready for it for a very long time and it felt like we wanted it as properly.
“He is a one-off this horse, is not he? He began his life in low-grade handicaps, however the beauty of him is he is bought an enormous coronary heart.
“It all went to plan. He loves to race on the hip of the leader, that seems to be his happy place and Tom is riding brilliantly, but I think he had a willing partner – Tom said he could have gone round again after the line.
“We supplemented earlier within the week. Typically when you’ve horses in good type you are capable of make that call and Shaikh Nasser simply mentioned ‘go for it’.
“It’s sort of surreal as we’ve been training for 10 years and trained loads of stakes winners, but no Group One before today, so I’m just elated to be honest.”
Quick plans for Caballo De Mar are up within the air, with Scott including: “He has his whole future ahead of him and he might not be done for the year. There’s a couple of dances left possibly and he’s such a unique character in that he’s so tough and durable, but we’ll see how he is and enjoy today.
“He’ll be out within the Center East subsequent yr for races just like the Pink Sea Turf (in Saudi Arabia) and World Cup evening (in Dubai).”
