Iffraaj’s high-class son Fast Raaj landed the Prix Luthier over 1500m for a second time on Wednesday, 4 December. He was gaining an eleventh career success and a sixth in Stakes company.
Settled towards the rear of the field, Fast Raaj travelled strongly into the straight and picked up well down the outside to win by a length. Night Of Thunder’s Vertbois was a fast finishing second.
🥇 Fast Raaj (9) s'impose dans le Prix Luthier - Polytrack Challenge (Listed) à Deauville !
— Equidia (@equidia) December 4, 2024
Vertbois (4) et Maturlo (11) complètent le podium. pic.twitter.com/0SHRCdsNuh
Bred by Haras D’Etreham, Riviera Equine SARL and Ecurie du Parc Monceau, Fast Raaj is one of four winners bred out of the Raven’s Pass mare Interesting, who was a G3-placed two-year-old herself.
It has been another excellent year for Iffraaj, whose highlights include Audience winning the G1 Lockinge Stakes and G2 Lennox Stakes. He has also enjoyed success at the highest level in New Zealand with victory in the G1 Tarzino Trophy for Grail Seeker.
Iffraaj stands at Dalham Hall Stud at a fee of £10,000, Oct 1, SLF.
