The second meeting of the day, the Prix de Cogolin (2,150 m), a maiden which brought together eight fillies aged 3 years, easily returned to Beautiful Messcoached by Jean-Claude Rouget. Quick head and rope, the daughter of Red Marie accelerated three hundred meters from the post, then quickly put herself out of reach of her rivals. Cristian Demuro, her jockey, who discovered her for the occasion, was delighted with her performance: “It’s really good what she did. His debut on a shorter distance, in Pau, was already good and today I decided to ride from afar, over this longer distance. This bodes well for the rest of his career.”Behind the untouchable laureate, Ginalyah came from far enough to finish well to easily take first place at the expense of the unpublished Nitrogen (3rd), which has always figured well, inside, and Beautiful Life (4th), whose end of the race, in the middle of the track, is more than promising.
Killary “King” of foals
In the counterpart for the foals, during the Prix de Grimaud, it is Killary Kingprepared by Henri-Alex Pantall, who scored the first success of his career. Quickly placed in the lead and overwhelmed by Aidan’s Phone at the entrance to the straight line, the offspring ofHunter’s Light fought well to regain the best in the last fifty meters and leave a good impression. Moreover, Tony Piccone, his jockey, was also satisfied with the result: “He’s still a bit “baby”, but he did what I asked him to do today. He certainly still needs to learn and toughen up, but I really liked his behavior. In addition, he responded well to take the best from Aidan’s Phone when I asked him a hundred meters from the post.” The first accessit therefore goes to Aidan’s Phonewho was caught at the end after taking matters into his own hands shortly after entering the straight. Always well placed, Prado confirms its means by taking a good third place in front of Diego Bello (4th), perfectible, and CAM (5th), who came from far away to finish well.