One year, meeting for meeting, after having anonymously (79/1) tried his luck in the Prix Jag de Bellouet (disqualified), Jeroboam of Maple, which really took off in the spring, has come a long way since it appears as a scarecrow in the Prix Bilibili. “We always valued him but he was very delicate at first; it took a while to get it right, explained David Thomain at the start of the week in Grosbois, where the house champion has refined his preparation since his most recent victory. He gave me complete satisfaction at work. He will inevitably be beaten one day, but I hope the series will continue at least until Sunday.”
Imperials six months ago in the Prix de Normandie, Maple Jeroboam and Damien Bonne have a strong chance of keeping their scepter by succeeding in the Grand 7. Winner of the aforementioned Jag de Bellouet Prize, Joumba de Guez rarely evolved in the specialty thereafter. “She’s probably not the real mounted mare but she still handles a man very well, Jean-Michel Bazire told David Fricaux. She seems to me in full possession of her means and should produce a very good copy, even if she will have to face a horse like Jeroboam of Maple…” The two recent successes harnessed by the daughter of Quoumba de Guez were particularly convincing.
Moon Juggler’s bet
There will be fifteen of them at the start and the richest of all is called Jean Balthazar, a true model of consistency at the highest level since the spring of his 4th birthday. He is one of those placed in power, like June, with whom Mathieu Mottier focused on freshness. “It will be a question of route for the best places and my mare is easy to handle”specified the future Etrier d’Or 2024. Winner of the Saint-Léger des Trotteurs 2022 (with David Thomain on the back), I Like Football will this time present himself unshod on all four feet, which only happened to him once trotting up, in the 2023 President of the Republic Prize (dai). A specialty that the formidable sprinter will discover Moon Juggler. Beware of this mare belonging to the same maternal line as Rombaldi (President of the Republic Prize 2009 and Normandy Prize 2010) and Kalin d’Urga, notably.
Jamaica Phédo et Jezabelle Bie represent two rising values in this promotion in recent weeks. They have absolutely nothing to lose, like the Italian Dardo Zack, sole competitor of foreign origin at the start, of Jade d’Amour, or from Jasmine de Vau, another new mare under the saddle with someone to hold on to, her maternal grandmother being the excellent but whimsical Beautiful Argentina (fault in the volte in Cornulier 1997).
Also find out about the Sunday meeting in Vincennes
Sunday December 15, 2024 at Paris-Vincennes: Mathieu Mottier well armed in Groups I
Sunday December 15, 2024 at Paris-Vincennes – Prix Jag de Bellouet – Cornulier Races Q1 (Gr. I): Kyt Kat with Éric Raffin
