The Prix du Grand Camp is a flagship race in the flat racing calendar at the Lyon-Parilly racecourse. This event is one of the important dates with the Bedel Prize won by the regional champion Iresine this season just like in 2021, the Lyon Grand Prix which saw the coronation of Sacred Spirit end of June or the Critérium de Lyon which returned to Loga colt trained by Christopher Head who beat a certain Vertical Bluesince winner of the Qatar Marcel Boussac Prize. This Prix du Grand Camp went to horses well known on our soil. Griraz who did the double in 2012 and 2013, Garlingari in 2015, Good Question in 2020 and Mika d’O last year. This year, the level is raised since we have the presence of Birr Castle (702) which is valued at 50 value. Class horse of the lot, this resident of André Fabre has not won since October 27, 2023, the Grand Prix du Nord, a listed race contested in the heavy terrain of Chantilly. Recently noticed in the Qatar Prix Dollar, a group II contested during the Arc de Triomphe weekend, he promises to be the horse to beat. The extension of the distance should not upset him, it is a concrete base. To try to give him a hard time, we think of Daring Prince (706), who has just made an excellent return to contact in Deauville after three months of absence. Perfectible and confirmed on heavy terrain, it is a potential winner. Kaneshya (701), who loves this course, leaves with the confidence of those around him, as Steve Obry, agent of jockey Tony Piccone, tells us: “He has just won what is nicknamed the Eastern Arc in Poland. Tony loves him and has great success with him. He leaves very confident before the shot.”
