SHANTOU LUCKY

Age: Seven

Sire: Shantou

Dam: Backtothekingsnest

Trainer: Jessica Bedi, Yarm, Northumberland.
Discipline: National Hunt - Hurdles or Chasing.

A good looking type who is bred for the National Hunt game, Shantou Lucky brings with him plenty of experience and success in recent seasons.
The seven year old is a son of high class flat racer and renowned jumps sire Shantou, who has also produced the likes of Grade One winner The Storyteller, the prolific Death Duty and the exciting prospect Chianti Classico. On the dam side, Shantou Lucky is a half brother to two winners over hurdles. One of those is the ill fated but talented Hoi Polloi while the other, Eyes Of The Tiger, placed at class two level over hurdles.
He began his career in Ireland with the excellent Gavin Cromwell stable. His first success came on his second handicap start over hurdles in May 2021 before making it two wins for the year in December at Punchestown. He did well to win over two different distances, two miles and two miles four furlongs. He then switched to fences the following season and after a promising debut over larger obstacles, he scored at Clonmel in decent style. After running in useful company for the rest of the year, Shantou Lucky moved across the Irish Sea to join the Jess Bedi stable in early 2023. He wouldn't make his stable debut for another year and things didn't go as well as planned as he pulled up on his first two British starts. After a break to settle into new regimes, Shantou Lucky has improved with each run. A breakthrough would come at Perth in September 2024 where he was held up throughout and moved through the field stylishly to romp home under Aaron Anderson. 

The seven year old is adept over hurdles and fences which gives us plenty of options to examine going forward. With winning for between two miles and two and a half miles, Shantou Lucky is versatile in trip and should hopefully bring us some luck.