Based in Danestal, a town in Calvados located between Deauville and Cabourg, Alexandre De Jésus draws a positive assessment of the year which has just passed, the figures being approximately the same as in 2023: “I am satisfied with the year 2024. It is in line with the previous one, which was perfectly successful. There are a few fewer victories but the accounting result is equivalent. The horses performed well throughout the season and in better events. We benefit from good infrastructure and the nearby beach. We continue to gain strength over the years. We must continue on this path.” To do this, the 45-year-old can rely on a sufficient number of competent staff, made up of six employees and two apprentices, to distribute the various tasks of the stable: “Between the competing horses, the foals, as well as the broodmares and their foals, as far as the breeding part is concerned, there are around forty residents at home. The team is now well established. I am lucky to have good staff. It is essential today.”
“We have some profiles who could enjoy the Côte d’Azur”
As a result, the professional does not hesitate to look for good commitments across France and send his students there. If he has made it a habit to go to the south-west of France for several years – “Essentially for right-handed people. For several seasons, we have rented an establishment in Castéra-Verduzan with Thierry Duvaldestin for three months”– he decided to add a new string to his bow by stationing nine elements in the south-east of the country this year for the winter meeting in Cagnes-sur-Mer: “We have competitive horses but the level is high in the capital. We chose to park a few residents at the Cagnes-sur-Mer racecourse for the first time this year, like Bruno Marie, with whom I had the opportunity to discuss it, which is now enjoying great success on the Riviera. Estéban (his son, Editor’s note) and his partner remain there. We have some profiles who can enjoy the Côte d’Azur, such as Idefix South, Lucifer or even Miss Lady d’Alesato name just a few. However, not all horses adapt to it. Some can go back and forth. We also do things based on that.”
