ParisTurf: How did Kyrielle des Vaux’s preparation go?
Charley Mottier : Everything is fine. She arrives in the state of form that I had set for myself for some time. She will just have to start better than during the last semi-classic (editor’s note, third in the Prix Lavater), where she covered almost thirty meters. You have to have the right flow. It’s not possible to be last and then go around with five people.
Is victory on your mind?
Yes, I’m going there with a chance of winning. I’m not saying we’re going to win, but we’re going to do everything we can. In any case, I would be disappointed not to finish in all three. In the last two Group I, she finished third and second consecutively. I hope for first place this time (laughs). The race is super open. I’m afraid Kalif Landia, Kana de Belevif she runs, Kyt Kat or Karma. And I’m probably forgetting some…
Precisely, during the last classic (Prix de Vincennes), she was beaten by Kalif Landia but you had a smile after the race. The winner is trained by Alexis Grimault (editor’s note, his great friend and brother-in-law). If you were to be beaten, would you like it to be by the same horse (laughs)?
Yes, if a competitor had to beat us, I would prefer to be beaten by Kalif Landia (laughs), of course. If it’s not him, then it would be by Capeula de l’Epine or Kyt Katwhich are friends’ horses.
Are you and Alexis arguing over which of you will finish ahead of the other?
No, not at all (laughs). Both of us imagine ourselves first and second, that would be good. Whether for one or the other, it will not be easy but not impossible.
