French raider Lazzat broke Japanese hearts as he outbattled Satono Reve in an exciting worldwide end to the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.
It was Jerome Reynier’s Lazzat, who made each yard within the palms of James Doyle, who stayed on strongest within the closing levels, putting on his first begin for homeowners Wathnan Racing at odds of 9-2 to proceed a positive week for each his rider and homeowners.
There was drama after the end as Lazzat unshipped Doyle because the pair returned to obtain the Ascot applause, with the four-year-old working unfastened for a while earlier than ultimately being caught and safely returned to the stables.
Lazzat was including a second Group One win to his tally after touchdown final 12 months’s Prix Maurice de Gheest, however he had been overwhelmed in Australia when despatched on his travels on the finish of the marketing campaign.
Reynier, saddling his first Royal Ascot winner, mentioned: “He did [win at the top level] as a three-year-old within the Maurice de Gheest in Deauville however after having been all the best way to Australia and Hong Kong.
“I used to be a bit scared that it was going to be robust to search out Lazzat the identical as he was however clearly now we have been making an attempt him over a mile to open his choices, however he is a pure sprinter and we are going to persist with the sprinting distances over the straight programs for his future.
“That was a pretty tough challenge [from Satono Reve]. I’ve been watching all his races and he’s always coming late and he’s always running on but James had a really good feeling with the horse and when the Japanese came to him, he put his ears back and tried again and he said there was no way he was going to pass him today.”
He added: “The July Cup is coming a little quickly I guess but maybe we’ll defend his crown in the Maurice de Gheest, we’ve got the Sprint Cup and we can be back here in October because he can handle any ground. If the ground is heavy he can do it then as well.
“He is an excellent champion. At present all the things went proper for as soon as and we’re glad to have a primary Royal Ascot winner, particularly for Wathnan and Nurlan Bizakov as a breeder. I am very glad for the connections concerned.”
