Sporting a very familiar set of silks in an unfamiliar setting, the John Messara and Arno Curty-owned Skyward chalked up the first victory for his new owners in Sunday’s Group III Prix de Reux, run over 2,500 metres at Deauville.
It had to be seen to be believed, afforded very little luck in the run, the lightly raced Russian Camelot (IRE) sat three deep the trip at the tail of the field, swept up to a challenging position on the turn before arrogantly going on by to record a one and three-quarter length win over 5-time stakes-winning multi-millionaire Dalasan in Saturday’s Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at M
