Evergreen campaigner TRAIS FLUORS (by DANSILI) opened the new year in style when landing a Handicap on Newcastle’s all-weather track, sticking his neck out late to score by a head under Alex Jary for trainer Linda Perratt.
The victory was a reminder that, even at this stage of his career, TRAIS FLUORS still knows how to dig deep when it matters. Settling into a rhythm on the Tapeta, he found plenty once asked and outbattled his opponents in a tight finish.
Bred by Haras de Saint Pair, TRAIS FLUORS was reared as a yearling by STAUFFENBERG BLOODSTOCK at their farm at SCHLOSSGUT ITLINGEN, where he was prepared for the sales ring before heading to Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. There, he was bought back—a moment that, in hindsight, reads like the quiet start of an extraordinary career arc.
What followed was the kind of résumé most horses never get close to: under André Fabre he became a Gr.3 winner (notably the Prix Paul de Moussac,Gr.3) and proved himself Gr. 1 class with multiple top-level placings, including efforts in races such as the Prix d’Ispahan, Gr.1 and Prix Jean Prat, Gr.1.
Time has inevitably shifted the context. TRAIS FLUORS is no longer campaigning in Group company; these days he is plying his trade in handicaps, asked different questions and facing a different kind of competition. Yet what has not changed is the attitude.
Notably, 2025 brought no wins, even though he remained active and competitive—finishing placed on occasions and often shaping as though a return to winning ways wasn’t far away.
If this Newcastle success proves anything, it’s that Trais Fluors may be operating at a different level now—but he has kept his fighting spirit, and he is still capable of finding that old will to win when the race gets serious.
