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He may have looked like the George Clooney of the horse world, but Lascar Collonges (pictured) proved to be an athlete too when making a winning debut in the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series race at Buckfastleigh on Sunday.
Just four horses lined up for the Goffs-sponsored two-and-a-half miler, and in foul weather the quartet went a very steady gallop for much of the race, but when Josh Newman pressed the go button after the penultimate fence on the 4/6 favourite he soon extended clear of long-time leader Admiral Oxo. Market rival La Coya, who was sitting third and still in contention, unseated Tommy O’Brien at that fence and Lascar Collonges was left to ease his way home.
Lascar Collonges (no.8, Josh Newman) tracks leader Admiral Oxo and the mare La Coya (Ce)
For winning trainer Will Biddick, who is based near Yeovil in Somerset, it was a second victory in the series, which was inaugurated this season, restricted to four- and five-year-olds and backed by the Horseracing Betting Levy Board and the BHA. Auctioneers Goffs and Tattersalls Cheltenham are sponsoring individual races in the series.
The winning trainer was pleased with the performance of his five-year-old, who won in the colours of Anthony Norman. Biddick said: “He was very professional in everything he did – in the paddock, going to the start and in the race. There was horizontal rain, it was blowing a hooley and the ground was testing, but it is always nice when they act professionally and to have a game plan that works.
“We put a lot of time and effort in at home and its good when it pays off.”
Lascar Collonges is for sale and might appear at Goffs Aintree Sale held on April 9, the first day of the Randox Grand National meeting. He was bred in France out of a Malinas mare and by the little-known sire Blek, who stands at Haras des Chataigniers in eastern France.
Biddick, who purchased Lascar Collonges for €35,000 at Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale in June last year, said: “He was quite an eyecatcher [at that sale], and I wasn’t too worried about the pedigree at the time, more about the individual. He looked athletic and he’s grown a lot since then. He’s a strong-bodied horse now.”
Jerry McGrath, representing joint-sponsors Goffs, joins Will Biddick (right) for the presentation (Ce)
As a way of forging links with racing under rules and putting spotlight on both the sport of point-to-pointing and the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series the winners can pick up handsome bonuses if, within two years they go on to score in a developmental hurdle or chase. Horses bred in Britain and trained at a licensed yard within the country can earn a £25,000 bonus, while those bred overseas stand to win £15,000.
The next race in the series takes place at Maisemore park on Sunday week, March 29.
*Full report from Buckfastleigh to follow
A replay of Sunday’s Goffs-sponsored GB Pointing Young Horse Maiden race can be watched here: https://gbpointing.co.uk/fixture/47819/results/#race-47781
