The revelation of the Cagnes-sur-Mer meeting will change gears. Winner of his maiden on January 13, Dioptase will now wear the colors of Belgian Jan Romel. Its current owner Serge Stempniak, the manAce Impactsold him 50%, kept 30% and also brought Guy Pariente into the transaction for 20%. “This is the start of a new association. I knew Jan Romel through Jérémy Para and I met Guy Pariente last year while visiting the Haras de Colleville. The feeling went well. Dioptase was very impressive for his competitive debut, even if it was a first race and we don’t know the opposition. I think he’s a very good horse, so I wanted to keep a piece of him. I had a lot of offers”, confides to Thomas Guilmin, the business manager from the North of France. Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, Dioptase is a son of New Bay et Gouville.
