Racing NSW supremo Peter V’landys says the Golden Eagle should hold Group 1 status, but the administrator won’t push for black type for the $10 million race until Racing Australia releases updated Pattern Guidelines.
Last year’s runner-up Lazzat, a four-year-old recently bought by Qatar’s Wathnan Racing, became the eighth horse to subsequently win a Group 1 race in since the 2024 Golden Eagle.
Trained in France by Jerome Reynier, Lazzat won the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes over 1200m on the final day of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting in the UK.
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