Look De Vega produced a scintillating turn of foot in the final two furlongs to leave his rivals trailing in the Prix du Jockey Club (G1) at Chantilly and extend his unbeaten record to three under jockey Ronan Thomas.
Trained by father and son team Carlos and Yann Lerner, Look De Vega tracked the pace set by James Doyle on Fast Tracker and looked in a different league as he moved clear in the final furlong. Outsider First Look ran on to take second at 66-1 with Sosie third and Ghostwriter fourth.
Carlos Lerner saddled Anabaa Blue to win the Classic in 2001, and Yann Lerner spoke with considerable confidence in the build-up to the June 2 race despite the horse having only competed in two minor contests previously.
However, his confidence in the horse was understandable once the race started with Thomas poised comfortably just behind the leader. Once asked for an effort, Look De Vega was far too good as he went clear in the silks of owner-breeders Joelle Mestrallet and Lucien Urano, who co-own the colt with the Lerners and Patrick Madar.
“This is amazing—I don’t know really what to say what I feel now,” Yann Lerner said. “I’m very pleased of the accomplishment of this horse and I was really more confident for this race than last time. Between the two races the horse improved a lot and he was very quiet today and in a very good mood.”
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