Arrival of the quinté : 3 – 2 – 5 – 16 – 9
Already winner of the Critérium des 4 Ans in September Keep Going (n° 3) doubled his progress at Group I level by winning in style in the Critérium Continental, the third qualifying event for the Prix d'Amérique. Well off to a good start, Mathieu Mottier's resident took responsibility 1,500 meters from the finish and repelled all attacks. “Once in command, I hesitated to let Éric Raffin pass on the climb,” confides the winning driver. In the end, I was right not to do it. My horse is easy to train, he is good and adorable. » With this success, the representative of José Davet's team obtains his ticket for the main event, contested on January 26. “We are going to discuss it with its owner but I think we have to go,” explains its driver, who is entering his name for the second time on the winners list of this Group I, eleven years later Victoire. I think that Keep Going has the level to participate. »
The son of Follow You still had to pull out all the stops to repel the strong attack from East Asia (n° 2), which confirms his talent on speed courses. For his first steps in France, Crown (n° 5) achieves a very good performance and completes the podium, a clear distance from the first two. Ksar (n° 16) finished in a pleasant manner to take fourth place ahead of Kana de Beylev (n° 9).
