Lusail, the First Son of Mehmas in France

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00:00His trainer Richard Hannan called him a speed car.

00:08Lucel is the first son of Mémas to stand in France.

00:12We stopped at Arras-du-Boucteau to catch up with him and to have a chat with stud manager

00:16Benoit Geoffroy.

00:18We are very happy we are able to stand Lucel in 2024 in Boucteau.

00:25It's a great opportunity for Bridges because he's the first son of Mémas to stand in France

00:30Mémas that we co-owned with Talio and who has been so successful having now four Group

00:36One winners and he has the record of two winners in Europe.

00:40Lucel was kind of a no-brainer because you know he ticked all the boxes physically, the

00:46pedigree.

00:47It's still a style line that we don't have that much in France and I think it's great

00:52that we give the opportunity to use that blood.

00:56As a two-year-old he started in May and won.

01:00That showed how early he was and how good he was early on.

01:04Then he won the July Stakes in Newmarket over six pelons and went on to win the Gymkrak

01:10as a two-year-old.

01:12So he showed ability to be early, to show speed and then he was good enough as a three-year-old

01:19to then start in Newbury where he was second to Perfect Power who became the best sprinting

01:26two-year-old of his generation.

01:29He beat Angel Bleu in that race that was probably the best French form horse winning two Group

01:36Ones.

01:37He was second to St James Palace Stakes where he showed a very good turn of foot and he

01:41was really close second to Coribus who was a very good miler.

01:47We've been very lucky actually you know it's just worked really well and he became a good

01:51horse and yeah it's good and hopefully now he's also become a good style for us.

01:56Physically he's a medium-sized horse but he's very well put together.

02:01He's very strong bodied like kind of a sprinting type physical and he moves really well.

02:09He's like a cat and as Richard Haddon said he's got a great mental.

02:15That horse, nothing bothered him.

02:17Always happy, easy to train, no issue, sound and always giving the best.

02:24His mother was a good racing filly.

02:26She's a sister to a very good tough sprinter, Fair Jag who won 11 times, won the Golden

02:33Jubilee in Ascot.

02:34It's a tough horse and yeah the mother is the granddaughter of Green Desert who was

02:40a very speedy horse himself.

02:42It's very important for the French breeders I think to be able to have that speed factor

02:47again and he worked in the past and when you see Wooten Basset and Cioni were early two

02:53years old and even before like Annabelle was a sprinter, it's always important at some

02:58point to bring back some speed.

03:00So Lucer will stand for 6,000 euros life full.

03:06We thought it's a fair price where the breeders would use him and hopefully be happy with

03:11the progeny to race and also be able to make a bit of money if they sell.

03:14It's always good in both ways and let's hope the French breeders like him, use him

03:21and hopefully be as successful for the French breeding industry.

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