Trueshan scores at Haydock
Trueshan (4 g ex Shao Line by General Holme) won Friday’s Tapster Stakes (Listed, 1m4f) at Haydock and in doing so became the third stakes winner for his sire Planteur (Danehill Dancer).
Trained by Martin Harley and ridden by Alan King, Trueshan defeated Alignak (Sea The Moon) by a nose, with Godolphins Mountain Hunter (Lonhro) in third.
Trueshan was originally sold for €8,000 at the Osarus La Teste Yearling Sale and then bought by his trainer and Highflyer Bloodstock for 31,000gns at the 2018 Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale. He becomes the first stakes winner for his dam Shao Line (General HOlme) who has produced four other winners.
His second dam is the once-raced Marie D’Altoria who is a half-sister to Listed winner Dom Lurcy (Dom Racine). Further back this is the family of Italian Group 1 winner Houmayoun (Shernazar) and Irish St Leger (Gr 1, 1m6f) winner Flag Of Honour (Galileo).
Winner of the Prix Ganay (Gr 1, 2100m) Planteur, who has three crops of racing age, stands at Haras du Courgeon in France where his 2020 fee was €2,500.
