Shadwell's veteran eight-time Group 3 winner Al Aasy (Sea The Stars) looked booked for the minor placings in the closing stages Sunday's G2 Lucien Barriere Grand Prix de Deauville, but found the necessary impetus to secure a first Group 2 triumph in dank conditions.“He is nine, but he still has that desire to win, even in difficult conditions like this,” said William Haggas. “He showed great courage, he is a lovely horse and, when conditions suit, is capable of doing some very good things. The ground has been too fast for him in England this year, but he likes a bit of give and showed that again today. If you look after horses when they are young, with a bit of luck, they repay you as they get older. Of course, you have to choose their races carefully and not ask too much of them, but he was terrific today. At the moment, I do not have a specific race in mind and we will look at the different options.”The 2021 G1 Coronation Cup runner-up and 31-10 chance occupied a position off the pace in sixth for most of the 12 1/2-furlong stamina test. Responding to pressure in the straight to go fifth entering the final furlong, he found plenty under continued rousting to collar Chestnut Rocket (Intello) by a neck on the line in a bunch finish.The Jean-Claude Rouget-conditioned G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero Arrow Eagle (Gleneagles) was a half-length away in third, a short-neck in front of the hitherto undefeated Mazzala (Frankel). Pedigree NotesAl Aasy, one of his sire's 90 Group winners, is the first of eight foals and one of three black-type performers out of a winning half-sister to the dual stakes-winning G2 Prix Noailles runner-up Kapour (Toylsome).The winner is a full-brother to Listed Pretty Polly Stakes runner-up Sea Karats, Listed Further Flight Stakes third Align The Stars, the unraced two-year-old filly Kalypsa and a yearling filly.His second dam, the dual Listed-winning dual Group 3-placed Kitcat (Monsun), is a full-sister to the Group 3-winning G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) runner-up Karavel andG3 Prix Minerve victrix Kalla. Karavel, in turn, is the dam of the stakes-winning G3 Grosser Preis von Lotto Hamburg second Kerosin (Tertullian).Al Aasy hails from the family Group 1-winning sires Shirley Heights (Mill Reef), Pentire (Be My Guest) and Konigstiger (Tiger Hill). Sunday, Deauville, FranceLUCIEN BARRIERE GRAND PRIX DE DEAUVILLE-G2, €183,000, Deauville, 8-30, 3yo/up, 12 1/2fT, 2:48.20, hy.1–AL AASY (IRE), 130, g, 9, by Sea The Stars (Ire) 1st Dam: Kitcara (GB), by Shamardal 2nd Dam: Kitcat (Ger), by Monsun (Ger) 3rd Dam: Kittiwake (GB), by Barathea (Ire)(300,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd;B-Sunderland Holding Inc; T-William Haggas; J-Pierre-CharlesBoudot. €104,310. Lifetime Record: MGSW & G1SP-Eng,GSP-Ire, 32-13-6-3, €853,177. *Full to Sea Karats (Ire), SP-Eng;and Align The Stars (Ire), SP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+.Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.2–Chestnut Rocket (Fr), 130, c, 4, Intello (Ger)–Rocaille (Fr),by Anabaa. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€9,000 Wlg '22ARQDEC; €22,000 Ylg '23 ARQOCT). O-Grzegorz PiotrGrzegorowski; B-Haras du Quesnay; T-Alicja Karkosa. €40,260.3–Arrow Eagle (Fr), 130, h, 5, Gleneagles (Ire)–Absolutly Me(Fr), by Anabaa Blue (GB). O/B-Mme Waltraut Spanner;T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €19,215.Margins: SNK, HF, SNK. Odds: 3.10, 13.00, 2.10.Also Ran: Mazzala (Ire), Global Health (Fr), Presage Nocturne (Ire), Money Time (Fr). The post Al Aasy Swoops Late For Grand Prix de Deauville Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.