The suspense will have been at its height until the end, with a breathtaking unfolding and a chase between the fugitive Harlem Schuffle (2e) and the big favorite Early Mist (1is), which will have kept the public and the mattress makers in suspense. Indeed, it was in the very last strides that Lucas Zuliani’s partner, Early Mist (3 years) beat Dylan Lecomte to the post, Harlem Schufflewho was extremely valiant until the end, despite being tired at the end of the course. The architect of this success, Lucas Zuliani won by knowing where the post was and accelerating at the right time, because if he had asked his partner, even just two seconds later, to make the effort, he would certainly have had a hard time winning. Winning trainer with Hector de Lageneste, Guillaume Macaire declared: “There was a logic to this (editor’s note, come to this race in Compiègne), because he had only run here, in the spring. He had exactly the profile to do that, we took what came our way and we are delighted with the result. The horse had a great season. We will have to move up in category, this will necessarily pass through Auteuil, but I think that the 4,400 meters (steeple-chase) will be there to help him.” Representing the association of Messrs Peake and Macauley, (also highlighted with Kaadam), the son of Goliath from Berlais is part of a sustainable strategy on the part of its British investors, who buy a competitor “turnkey” while leaving him with his original trainer.
