We expected him to win the Prix Marcel Laurent (Group 2) and Jushua Tree did it like a boss after taking the lead on the plains. “It was easy,” confirms its driver Jean-Michel Bazire. Easy for a champion who did not need to be as sparkling as during his greatest successes last winter or his victorious comeback during the summer in Enghien. Contract well and truly fulfilled therefore in a race which served as a test. For the first time, Jushua Tree moved without reins. Among the lessons, there is the remarkable behavior of the Italian Dimitri Ferm, who resumes his role as first runner-up to Jushua Tree as during the previous meeting.
The pensionnaire of Mauro Baroncini Dimitri Ferm had not appeared since his 2nd place in the Prix Bold Eagle – Sulky World Cup 5 Years Final (Gr.1), on January 27, then beaten by… Jushua Tree. He had then preceded Justin Bold (Bold Eagle) et Josh Power (Offshore Dream). A few weeks earlier, he had already inserted himself between the same Jushua Tree et Josh Power. All these little people met here and Dimitri Ferm returns to us exactly as he left us, in second place behind Jushua Tree. Matthieu Abrivard was also impatient to see him again and reacted with admiration to his return to the scales: “What a horse! What sensations! What’s more, he didn’t save himself, he pulled at the start of the course and I was afraid he wouldn’t pay for it at the end. But, once Jean-Michel (Bazire ) settled in front of us, he relaxed and breathed well. Finally, he knew how to tighten up and come back to finish with “gas”. on its freshness and its class certainly we shouldn’t panic, but those around us are not behind in their preparation, that’s for sure. I already had good feelings last winter and I didn’t want to. not miss his return to Vincennes He likes it here and adapts to everyone. Today, the autostart got him going a little, he’s more relaxed and I’m not worried about him. upcoming meeting With the winnings he has (Editor’s note: €838,666 now), he is not behind in his career on a crack player like him. Vivid (Vivid Wise As) !”
What a horse! What sensations! (Matthieu Abrivard)
It’s sure Dimitri Ferm is shaping up to be a serious contender for the best roles of the winter in the promotion born in 2019 and aged 5 years.
Jazzman Debailleul seduces, not Destiny di Poggio
Quickly at the forefront of the fight and alongside Jushua Tree in the last turn, Jazzman Debailleul (Repeat Love) held on well until the end, to place third. His trainer Erno Szirmay is delighted with his performance: “I’m super satisfied hot and maybe even a little more because he traveled in second thickness nose to the wind and he never softened at the end. The finish is logical. He will now compete in the Prix de Chenonceaux (Gr.3) in two weeks. The timing is perfect.”
Satisfaction is not the same for Nicolas Bazire at the helm of the Italian Destiny Di Poggio (Bold Eagle), 4th after a good hidden run. He discovered his partner in the race and recognized: “I expected a little better from her because she had a great run and she didn’t accelerate as I hoped when I asked her to move forward. I expected to be second. I was discovering her in competition but I expected better and did not find it transcendent.”
A little further, the recent Critérium winners, Josh Power et Keep Goingfinished well in 6th and 7th place respectively.
