Zaraki Impresses At ParisLongchamp, First TDN Rising Star For Zarak

[Wandering Eyes]

ParisLongchamp's Prix de Fontenoy looked a fascinating affair on paper beforehand and didn't disappoint as Zaraki (Zarak) surged to TDN Rising Stardom on Sunday. Sent off the 19-10 favourite for the mile event for unraced colts, the Wertheimer homebred was always happy shadowing the leader Houblon (Wootton Bassett). Committed two out by Maxime Guyon, the Andre Fabre-trained grandson of Plumania was impressive from there and hit the line with ears pricked by two lengths.

“We expected a good debut from this horse,” the owner-breeders' racing manager Pierre Yves Bureau said of the sire's first TDN Rising Star. “The reports of his homework were very good and he confirmed that very nicely. It looks that he has everything to make a real nice three-year-old.”

 

Prix De Fontenoy @paris_longchamp
Longchamp – Inédits – Males – 2 ans – 1600m – 9 Pts – 45 700 €

Zaraki (m) Maxime Guyon @maximeguyon_off
(Zarak (Fr) @AgaKhanStuds – Urbania (Gb) par Sea The Stars (Ire))

Andre Fabre
Wertheimer & Frere
Wertheimer &… pic.twitter.com/r6YvCZzSNL

— French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) August 31, 2025

 

Pedigree Notes
Zaraki is the first foal out of the 11-furlong winner Urbania (Sea The Stars), one of a quartet of mares produced by the operation's high-class Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud heroine Plumania (Anabaa). They include Galileo's Solilea, who is in turn the dam of four black-type performers including Le Havre's Listed Prix Zarkava winner and G1 Prix Saint Alary-placed Solsticia and the highly-regarded three-year-old colt Sinileo (Siyouni) who was third in the G2 Prix Eugene Adam in June.

Plumania, who is also responsible for four black-type performers headed by the G2 Prix du Muguet and G3 Sovereign Stakes winner Plumatic by Zarak's sire Dubawi, is a half to the G2 Prix de Royallieu winner Balladeuse (Singspiel) whose progeny feature the multiple Group winner and Arc runner-up Aventure by Urbania's sire and another leading Dubawi in the Vermeille heroine Left Hand. Also connected to this year's Listed Prix Rose de Mai winner and G2 Prix Saint Alary runner-up Audubon Park, also by Dubawi, and the dual Prix Royal Oak hero Double Major (Daiwa Major), Urbania's yearling filly Tofu is by Lope De Vega while she also has a colt foal by Camelot named Urbain.

 

The post Zaraki Impresses At ParisLongchamp, First TDN Rising Star For Zarak appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

View the full article