The most beautiful of Kool Georges

It’s a success that counts. After having waited a long time in the wake of the animator Koala des Arcs, Kool Georgeswho found the opening halfway through the straight, sprinted well to offer himself the most beautiful victory of his career in front of Karaiella Bond et Quartz Sibey. With his arm raised as he passed the post, Olivier Raffin comments: “He won well. He is a horse who likes to run fresh. He gushed when I lowered his blinders. He wasn’t always very happy. He deserved to win a race like that.”

“The final? I don’t think so”

Winner of the final in the West, the son ofEros of the Oak will probably not see Paris on the 1st^is December. “The final in Vincennes? I don’t think so… It’s in two weeks. I can see how he will recover. But it’s a little close. And what I saw yesterday (read Saturday) in Laval, it will be a difficult lot, explains the Vendée professional. Honestly, I had planned to run this one and then a little “sleep” this winter because he has winnings (Editor’s note, 57,180 euros). Hot, it’s more like, no…”