French-trained hurdler Nietzsche Has joined the stallion roster at Haras de Montaigu after his wide-margin win in the Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow.
The four-year-old son of Zarak was trained by Marcel Rolland to three victories at Auteuil in spring, including in the Listed Prix Go Ahead and the Grade Three Prix Hope – Prix Aguado.
After a summer break he returned in the autumn to finish fourth in the Prix Robert Lejeune, another Grade Three, then he was third on heavy ground in the Prix Georges de Talhouet-Roy before a close second in the Grade One Prix Cambaceres.
He made his first start away from Auteuil in the Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow on Welsh Grand National day, ridden as usual by Ludovic Philipperon as the 11/10 favourite to succeed at Grade Two level.
He did so with ease and emerged through the fog an eight-length winner, a victory that neatly wrapped up his racing career as he prepares to join names such as No Risk At All and Cloth Of Stars in Normandy for a fee of €7,000.
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Aliette Forien, executive director of Haras de Montaigu, said: “Boasting a truly remarkable physique, Nietzsche Has is the perfect example of everything you could want in a National Hunt stallion.
“His owner Edward James, with his new French racing entity Highbourne Stud, will support the stallion with his best mares, including two excellent fillies acquired at the Derby Sale; a Doctor Dino from the ‘K’ family of Haras des Coudraies, who will run in a bumper in Ireland before coming to France, and a daughter of Beaumec de Houelle from the leading family developed by Bertrand Compignie, who will join Marcel Rolland.
“We will also be supporting the stallion with mares from the Haras de Montaigu broodmare band as he has a unique and outstanding profile.”
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