Monday 20 March 2023
ZARAK’s excellent start to 2023 continues apace, with his son Haya Zark the dominant winner of Europe’s first Group race of the year, the Gr.3 Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud, on Saturday.
Already a Listed winner in 2022, as well as a good second to subsequent Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed Erevann in a Class 2 contest this time last year, Haya Zark cruised easily into the lead, defeating dual Group 1 winner Skaletti by three lengths. The race marked a return to the track for Haya Zark after a break of eight months.
“He prefers soft ground and all summer the ground was fast and he started to grow,” said his owner/breeder Mme Odette Fau after the race.
“He has grown three centimetres since last year, so it was the right decision to give him a break and the horse has rewarded us today. I imagine the [Gr.2] Prix d’Harcourt could be next and then the [Gr.1] Ganay, providing he gets his favoured ground. In the fall, we dream of the Arc where his aunt Haya Landa had run so well. Why not him?”
