Lucky Team lands AW Championships Mile as French rule
Friday 30 March 2018 17:00, UK
Lucky Team landed the Sunbets All-Weather Mile to become the third French winner on Finals Day at Lingfield.
Following the victories of Christophe Ferland's Funny Kid in the Marathon and the Stephane Wattel-trained City Light in the Sprint, Lucky Team struck gold at 40-1 for trainer Joel Boisnard.
Fresh from his triumph aboard City Light, Theo Bachelot was ice cool in the saddle, with his mount nearer last than first turning for home.
Second Thought, the 11-8 favourite, manged to get the better of Captain Joy and Goring in the final furlong, but he had no answer to Lucky Team's late burst and there was a length and a quarter between them at the line.
Bachelot told ITV Racing: "To ride two winners, I'm very happy.
"He needs to come from behind. In his races in the last year he's been in front.
"Normally I come to Lingfield and I would be happy to place, so to have two winners is great."
Boisnard said of Lucky Team: "He is a very good-looking and very talented. I was expecting him to run well but he has gone and broke the course record.
"If he was as good on the turf as he was the all-weather he would be a superstar."
