Barbeville: Skazino finds a new path

Sunay, May 2nd 2021, ParisLongchamp Racecourse (Paris). - When he took the start in this Prix de Barbeville (Gr3), over 15.5 furlongs, the 5-year-old gelding Skazino (Kendargent) was running for the 25th time a first over a trip longer than 2,500 metres. Trained by Cédric Rossi, he hadn't run in a Group race since his defeat in the 2019 Eugène Adam (Gr2), run in July. He also hadn't won since August last year , in a conditions race at Vichy. He simply had nothing to lose trying to make amends on a longer trip, facing only 6 horses. Yet he did much more than redeeming himself. He offered his owner Haras de la Gousserie a whole New World to conquer. The Guy Pariente-bred, €22,000 bargain at Deauville, also unsold for €150,000 at the 2019 Arc sale, destroyed the favourite Sheraz (Sea the Stars), simply unable to keep up with him when he took off 2 out to score by 4.5 lengths.

Skazino is a brother to Skalleti, the elephant in the Ganay room on the same card, as he had beaten Mare Australis in the Harcourt before this new episode.

Maybe it was just a way for Skazino to tell the World that his family should never be overlooked.