RIYADH: Proven on the global level multiple times and regarded as one of the top trainers among the younger generation, Frenchman Jerome Reynier brings a premier pair of chances into the world’s richest race meeting, the $39.6 million Saudi Cup, spearheaded by Lazzat (FR) in the Group 2 1351 Turf Sprint.
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The Marseille-based conditioner hopes to improve on his first two Saudi Cup meeting attempts on Saturday week with Royal Ascot winner Lazzat and Facteur Cheval (IRE), who reverts to grass in the G1 Neom Turf Cup, presented by Howden after running seventh in last year’s dirt feature. Reynier had previously achieved a 12th place finish in the 2022 Saudi Derby with Jacinda.
The Wathnan Racing-owned Lazzat is a winner of eight from 14 starts and the son of Territories was last seen at Ascot in October when pipped into second in the G1 British Champions Sprint.
A top-level winner as a three-year-old, with victory in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest over 1,300 meters, and as a four-year-old in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes over 1,200 meters at Royal Ascot, he looks to begin his season properly.
