Jean-Luc Lagardere next for Torus Richard Hannon's King Torus, a hugely impressive winner of the Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, could head to France for his next start. Also triumphant in the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket, the Sir Robert Ogden-owned juvenile looks set for a trip to Longchamp for the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on Arc weekend. Coincidentally, his sire Oratorio won the French race in 2004. "King Torus is entered in both the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket and the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, but we slightly favour going to Paris for a race which his father, Oratorio, won in 2004," said Hannon. "King Torus has just got better and better and we were all impressed how well he stretched out when taking the Vintage Stakes by six lengths at Glorious Goodwood. "He also won the Superlative at Newmarket's July meeting, so he has two Group twos in the bag and deserves a crack at a big one," he told his website, www.richardhannonracing.tv.
