Arm raised as he passes the post, David Békaert enjoys it. For him, as for everyone around himIn spite of Pierjiit’s a sigh of relief. “It’s incredible to win, because we’ve come a long wayimmediately explains his trainer Alexandre Bonnefoy. It’s a horse that has leg problems and then it started to move a little again. Not a big deal in itself, but you had to be careful. We had focused everything on this race for two months and there was a problem eight days ago. The horse saw the vet and he gave me the green light to run. I hesitated for a long time, but we didn’t expect such a result. He’s an incredible horse.” 424 days after his last success, and two months after his last outing, the representative of Eric Capuano therefore offers himself the Prix de Brest this Saturday and adds his name to the list of winners of this group III, won in recent years by It’s a Dollarmaker (2024), Hokkaido Jiel (2023) or even Cleangame (2020), to name just a few.
“He’s a funny horse”
On the course side, seen for a long time at the back of the peloton, then brought closer in the wake ofIznogoud Am in the climb, In spite of Pierji He then took the best in the straight line, surely winning (1’13”3). “His trainer wasn’t super confident, he found his horse a little less good, so we led him more for a placeexplained David Békaert, who came especially to Vincennes to lead this son ofUniclove. In the end, it went really well and he was very generous. It is a shame that he cannot be exploited as those around him wish, because he is a horse which has superb lines, having beaten It’s a Dollarmaker but also Inexcess Bleu. Unfortunately, it’s missing a bit of bodywork..” It’s a twentieth victory (in 31 races) for the spearhead of Alexandre Bonnefoy, based in the Center-East, who continues: “We are happy. It’s a funny horse. This is a second Group III victory for him (editor’s note, he won the Pierre Van Troyen Prize, in Vincennes, in October 2023). He has always had health problems and we don’t even know how he performs in races.. NOW, he will have at least three weeks of compulsory rest. He will have treatment, a little thalassotherapy, it will do him good.” On the side of those placed, Iznogoud Am offers a first podium to Sabine Kagebrant’s team since the start of the meeting, by taking first place. “He really had a great racedeclares the Swedish professional. He took the carload of three and still finished well. It’s very good.” The protégé of Stall Courant could be seen again at the start of the Prix Jean-René Gougeon (Gr. III) next weekend. Grindelwaldat 20/1, takes third place, just ahead Toto Barossowho finished well.
About this meeting in Vincennes on January 18, 2025:
The number: 9
For the ninth consecutive year, it is a French competitor who wins the Prix de Brest (Gr. III). The last foreign competitor to win this event was Your Highnessin 2016.
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