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22-06-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Lazzat seals 1st victory for France in QEII Jubilee
ASCOT Lazzat gave France their first winner in the £1 million (S$1.73 million) Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1,200m) on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot event on June 21, denying Japan their maiden win at Royal Ascot as the gallant Satono Reve finished second. Lazzat's victory rounded off a superb week for the Emir of Qatar's Wathnan Racing, after Humidity ($29) - who emulated his full brother Holloway Boy in 2022 - also landed the Listed Chesham Stakes (1,400m) in the opener. Haatem, French Master and Crimson Advocate saluted earlier in the week, taking Wathnan Racing's win tally to five at the royal meeting. Lazzat ($28), a four-year-old son of Territories, was France's last hope of salvaging something from the week. Two other French raiders fared badly: Sajir was withdrawn while Topgear lost two of his racing plates and ran last. The winner was still in feisty form post winning as he shied away from someone coming to him with a blanket like a matador and dumped jockey James Doyle on the turf. Doyle dusted himself down as his 26th Royal Ascot winner disappeared into the distance. "I cannot take any credit at all," he said modestly. "(Trainer) Jerome (Reynier) was very confident. I could tell Satono Reve was coming all right but you won't get a more genuine horse than this." The Wathnan Racing's stable jockey also won on Humidity, as well as Haatem and French Master on the first day. A Group 1 winner in Japan, Satono Reve lost little in defeat under Joao Moreira and did better than the previous 10 Japanese runners at the meeting, all of whom had finished outside the first three. "We came in with a lot of confidence but unfortunately bumped into a very good horse. I thought I had him (Lazzat) but he had another gear. My horse ran really well," said Moreira. Owned by the almighty Godolphin, two-time Grade 1 Breeder's Cup Turf (2,400m) winner Rebel's Romance ($10) endeared himself further when he won the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes (2,400m) on June 21. Trainer Charlie Appleby's last runner of the week delivered his first win at Royal Ascot since Naval Crown landed the Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes (1,200m) in 2022. "It is a huge honour to have a horse like this," said the UK handler. "This was the horse we needed with the last roll of the dice, he is a battler. "He is more than our iron horse; he has kept the yard afloat this week. He is our stable's favourite and always will be." Appleby, who began the season with a bang by winning both the English 1000 and 2000 Guineas, shrugged off the ending of the losing run. "Of course it is not a matter of life and death," said Appleby, who has taken his tally to 16 Royal Ascot winners. "If you look at the bigger picture and beyond racing, you have got to take the losses and take positives out of it. It is the equine Olympics." Jockey William Buick has had a far better week than Appleby after landing three wins, including the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup (4,000m) with Trawlerman for Godolphin. "He is a dream horse. Any jockey fortunate to have in his career a horse like this is blessed," said the 36-year-old Norway-born jockey. Following the conclusion of the five-day royal meeting, the Irish-based Coolmore parnerships took the leading owner award for a third consecutive year - their sixth title overall - with five wins, three seconds and four thirds, edging out Wathnan Racing, who secured five wins and had six thirds. The father-and-son training partnership John and Thady Gosden enjoyed five wins overall, but they took the leading trainer award only on the final day after Spy Chief ran second in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes (1,400m), giving the British co-trainers their fourth runner-up finish. Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien had to settle for second with five wins and three seconds. Top jockey Ryan Moore ruled the roost in the jockeys' arena after he won the leading jockey award for a 12th time with seven wins. AFP
South China Morning Post
22-06-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Lazzat defeats Satono Reve and Rebel's Romance shines as Royal Ascot comes to a close
Lazzat (red cap) and James Doyle get the better of Satono Reve. Photo: Reuters French star Lazzat broke Japanese hearts as he downed Satono Reve in a pulsating international finish to the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1,200m) at Royal Ascot on Saturday. The Jerome Reynier-trained four-year-old enjoyed a fast break and landed in the lead early under Wathnan's top jockey, James Doyle. From there, the writing was firmly on the wall, with the Territories gelding being a top-level winner over the 1,800m distance. The pair kept on galloping relentlessly and although Satono Reve – who has chased home Ka Ying Rising twice this year – loomed up with menace, the Japanese star was never quite getting there. It was ultimately a cosy success for the now two-time Group One winner, with Reynier never worried about his star being caught. LAZZAT WINS THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUBILEE STAKES! 🏆 #ROYALASCOT — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 21, 2025 'The Japanese [horse] made a late challenge and it was pretty tough, but James knew that he was never going to get beaten. He had plenty in his hands and he was very confident he was going to be able to bring him to the post,' said Reynier. 'He had a really good feeling on him today over this six-furlong straight. He's unbeaten over straight courses, so now we can stick him to this kind of competition and there's a nice European programme for him.' The win completed a double on the day for jockey Doyle, who won the opening Listed Chesham Stakes (1,800m) on the Andrew Balding-trained Humidity – again for Wathnan. Elsewhere on the card, last year's Group One Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m) winner Rebel's Romance added another notch to his belt with a dominant win in the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes (2,400m). HK Racing News Get updates direct to your inbox Sign up Best Bets Racing News By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy Error: Please enter a valid email. The email address is already in use. Please login to subscribe. Error, please try again later. THANK YOU You are one the list. The $2.1 favourite always travelled well just in front of midfield and as the field turned for home, William Buick made his move and the pair powered into the lead – one that proved to be unassailable. CHARLIE APPLEBY'S WAIT FOR A #ROYALASCOT WINNER IS OVER! REBEL'S ROMANCE TAKES THE HARDWICKE STAKES! — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 21, 2025 The global superstar has won in England, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, the United States and Hong Kong, but this victory was made even sweeter as it snapped a three-year losing sequence for Charlie Appleby at the Royal meeting. 'What more can I say about him? If I've got to talk about Rebel's Romance to people, they don't follow racing. Everyone knows him and loves him,' said Appleby. 'He's more than our iron horse, he's our stable favourite and he always will be. It's been a tough week but it's a week you've got to enjoy because I know how hard it is to get horses here. To win with them is just a bonus. 'I was taught early on in my career to make sure you applaud every winner here because they are richly deserved by whoever owns, trains or rides. It's the equine Olympics.'
Times
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Times
Scorching Lazzat floors the field at Royal Ascot… and then his jockey too
Speed is the thing. Up until the steam trains got going in the mid-1860s the fastest any of us could go without jumping off a cliff was on the back of a horse. James Doyle was on Lazzat's back as he scorched through the 1,200 metres (six furlongs) of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in 71.3sec. When he came in, sweat-soaked, for interviews he looked as if he had been through the mincer. Not from the race but from the sequel. The 71 seconds of galloping effort had been almost uneventful. From the start Doyle and Lazzat led the group on the far side with Ryan Moore and the former Australian star but now Ballydoyle-based Storm Boy heading the near-side group. As Storm Boy weakened, the Japanese hope, Satono Reve, came through to do battle with the leader. Hard though his legendary Brazilian rider João Moreira strived, they could not chase down Lazzat and the tough bay to become the first ever French winner of this race and their first success of the meeting. But afterwards Entente Cordiale celebrations had to be put on hold. For while the 18 runners had been dispatched at 3.43pm and crossed the line before 3.45pm, it was not until 4.05pm that the beaming and sweat-soaked Doyle stood with his saddle on the scales to draw the correct weight and make the race result official. The reason was a classic case of the road to hell, or in this case, rather less worrying, Ascot delay, being paved with good intentions. As Doyle rode back in what had been a fifth winner in the now ever more familiar blue jacket, orange sleeve Wathnan silks at the meeting, the guy with the cream-coloured victor's horse sheet stepped forward to do his duty. Unfortunately his move had a bit of the matador's cape about it and far from charging like a bull, Lazzat jinked like a snipe and Doyle was spun clear on to the Ascot turf. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. The King may have been coming down to the presentation podium, the winning party preparing their humble lines, but the horse had the freedom of Berkshire. Several attempts at recapture were treated with forceful contempt, one fly kick only just missing the would-be captor's skull. We could see why the Marseille-based trainer, Jerome Reynier, had the horse gelded before he eventually got on to the racecourse in January last year. The horse's record speaks much for the prowess of the 39-year-old who started off with only four horses back in 2013 and has taken Lazzat from that little race at Cagnes-sur-Mer last January through a six-race unbeaten run in France, culminating in the group one Prix Maurice De Gheest in August. Adventurously but unsuccessfully Lazzat was then run in both Australia and Hong Kong before getting on track last time with a hugely impressive success in Chantilly. Impressive enough to catch the eye of Richard Brown and Oli Tate of the Emir of Qatar's Wathnan team, whose success at the expensive and dangerous game of buying already proven horses had been earlier franked by Humidity holding on in bold, not to mention meteorological, style to win the Chesham Stakes. Significantly, that Chantilly race was Lazzat's first over as short as six furlongs. So was Saturday's. Few around will run faster. 'I can't take any credit for this at all,' said James Doyle afterward. 'Jerome and his team told me all about him. His young jockey in France did a great job bringing him through the ranks. I have to say Jerome was very confident. He said all week don't worry about the ground. We mapped the pace out and we thought if I end up leading I end up leading — he said don't worry, he won't stop. It worked out perfectly. You won't get a more genuine horse than this.' Doyle has had a great week in the Wathnan silks but so too has his best man William Buick in the blue silks of Godolphin with Ombudsman in the Prince Of Wales and Trawlerman in the Gold Cup. The latter's gallantry might well make dispute Doyle's tribute to Lazzat (by the way Doyle was also best man to Buick) only for all of them surely to be trumped by Rebel's Romance whom Buick rode to what is an 18th victory in 26 races over five seasons and over more miles than Marco Polo. He may have started in an unsung race in Newcastle but he has now won major races in Germany, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kentucky and California. He is a massive 17 hand, 550 kilo athlete still fiery enough at seven-years-old to need the scarlet hood in the preliminaries to stop him boiling over. Buick loves him to death. So too does trainer Charlie Appleby who keeps a picture of Rebel's Romance in his bedroom and had not had a Royal Ascot winner for three years. 'What more can I say about this horse?' said the trainer. 'He's been a huge credit to the team back home and, when it's your last roll of the dance, he's the horse you need. I'm just glad we got one on the board in the end. He's more than our Iron Horse. He's kept our yard afloat this week. He's our stable favourite and always will be.' Finally the meeting closed with Ryan Moore winning the Queen Alexandra Stakes for the 6th time to land his 7th winner of the meeting so cost Ascot racecourse £35k in their agreed £5k-a-Moore winner commitment to the Retraining of Racehorses Charity. The winner's name was maybe not quite as appropriate to the leaving crowds as the earlier Humidity. It was called Sober.
Japan Times
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Lazzat denies Japan a first Royal Ascot winner in thrilling climax
Lazzat gave France its first winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, denying Japan a maiden win at Royal Ascot as the gallant Satono Reve finished second on Saturday, the final day of the meet. Lazzat's victory rounded off a superb week for the owner, the Emir of Qatar's Wathnan Racing, with a final day double — both ridden by James Doyle — taking its tally to five. Lazzat was France's last hope of salvaging something from the week — the country's other two runners in the race fared badly, with Sajir being withdrawn and the other, Topgear, losing two of his horseshoes. The winner was still in feisty form after winning as he shied away from someone coming to him with a blanket like a matador and dumped Doyle on the turf. Doyle — described as "world class and a brilliant guy" by Wathan's racing manager Richard Brown — dusted himself down as his 26th Royal Ascot winner disappeared into the distance. "I cannot take any credit at all," he said modestly. "Jerome (Reynier the trainer) was very confident, I could tell Satono Reve was coming alright but you won't get a more genuine horse than this." Satono Reve lost little in defeat under Joao Moreira — known as "the Magic Man" — and did better than the previous 10 Japanese runners at the meeting, all of whom had finished outside the first three. "We came in with a lot of confidence but unfortunately bumped into a very good horse. "I thought I had him but he had another gear. "My horse ran really well." Rebel's Romance is trainer Charlie Appleby's favorite horse and the two-time Breeder's Cup Turf winner endeared himself further when he won the Hardwicke Stakes. Described as an "absolute dude" by jockey William Buick, Appleby's last runner of the week delivered the trainer's first win at Royal Ascot since a 1-2 three years ago to the day. "It is a huge honor to have a horse like this," said Appleby, whose winner was the first 7-year-old to win the race in 102 years. "This was the horse we needed with the last roll of the dice, he is a battler. "He is more than our iron horse he has kept the yard afloat this week. "He is our stable's favorite and always will be." Appleby, who began the season with a bang winning both the English 1000 and 2000 Guineas, shrugged off the ending of the losing run. "Of course it is not a matter of life and death," said Appleby, who has taken his tally to 16 Royal Ascot winners. "If you look at the bigger picture and beyond racing you have got to take the losses and take positives out of it. "It is the equine Olympics." Appleby's mother Patricia was present and concurred with Buick that Rebel's Romance was a "dude of a horse." She also brought her son perhaps the required good omen. "It has been a very long wait," she said. "Last time I wore this yellow dress was when Charlie won the Melbourne Cup (2018) and I have not worn it since." Buick had a far better week than Appleby, landing amongst other races the Ascot Gold Cup for the same owners, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum's Godolphin Operation. "He is a dream horse. Any jockey fortunate to have in his career a horse like this is blessed," said the 36-year-old Norway-born jockey. "We're best friends." Doyle had begun the day with a bang as Humidity emulated his full brother Holloway Boy in 2022 landing the Listed Chesham Stakes for Wathnan Racing. Qatar's joy was Godolphin's despair as hotly fancied favorite Treanmor — who cost $2.3 million — never threatened.
Qatar Tribune
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Wathnan Racing extend Royal Ascot haul in presence of King Charles III
Tribune News Network Ascot (England) In presence of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Wathnan Racing on Saturday extended their impressive haul and success in the 2025 edition of Royal Ascot as Lazzat (Territories) delivered a bold front-running display to win the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes over 1200 metres on the final day of the royal meeting. King Charles III presented the trophies to Ali bin Yousef Al Kubaisi, Ali bin Youself Al Romaihi and Oliver Tait, who received it on behalf of Wathnan Racing. The four-year-old gelding is trained in France by Jerome Reynier, was ridden by James Doyle, and now races in the colours of Wathnan Racing, who purchased him following his impressive win in the Listed Prix Servanne at Chantilly last month. Already a top-level winner in the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville last summer, Lazzat added a second Group 1 success to his record and confirmed himself among Europe's elite sprinters. The victory also completed a memorable double on the day for both Wathnan Racing and jockey James Doyle, following their earlier win in the Listed Chesham Stakes with Humidity. Quickly into stride, Lazzat went straight to the front and set an even pace. After two furlongs, the field split into two groups, Lazzat leading the far side, while Storm Boy (Justify) took up the running on the near side, tracked closely by Japanese challenger and race favourite Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa). As the race developed and the pace lifted, it quickly became a duel between Lazzat and Satono Reve, the pair pulling clear of the rest. Lazzat began to edge across the track toward the near side rail in the final stages, joining the favourite. But despite the drift, he had more to give, finding extra under pressure to win by half a length. Satono Reve finished second, while Flora Of Bermuda (Dark Angel), also representing Wathnan Racing, finished strongly to take third. Bred by Sumbe, Lazzat is out of Lastochka (Australia), a winner over 1600m at two. Lastochka is out of Lashyn(Mr Greeley), a winner over 2000m at three, who herself is a daughter of Sleepytime (Royal Academy), winner of the Gr.1 1000 Guineas over 1600m at three. Sleepytime is a half-sister to Hathal (Speightstown), a Gr.1 winner over 1600m at four, and to Gentleman's Deal (Danehill), winner of the Gr.3 Winter Derby over 2000m at six.
