Looking into space. His blue eyes stare at the horizon. Far away. Above the ParisLongchamp racecourse. On the podium of the 103e edition of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, when “God Save The King” sounds, Rossa Ryan is lost in his thoughts. The young 24-year-old jockey doesn’t really seem to realize where he is and what he has just accomplished. A few minutes before, Rossa Ryan led Bluestocking on the roof of the world. He’s not really here anymore. He closes his eyes as he kisses the trophy. What is he thinking? “I don’t really know what’s happening to mehe confides upon arriving at a press conference. I was very confident, but I didn’t want to tell anyone. I’m just happy I could be associated with Bluestocking”, he only specifies. For the emotions, we will come back. He keeps them for himself. Like his counterpart Ryan Moore, one would be tempted to write. His horses speak for him. Ralph Beckett is full of praise for the young phenomenon: “He’s already very good, but he’s going to get even better. Next year it will be even better. The tactics of Bluestocking in the Prix Vermeille, it’s Rossa Ryan. The tactics of Bluestocking in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, it’s Rossa Ryan.” With her number 3 in the starting stalls, Rossa Ryan does not refuse the start. Quite the contrary. Even at the risk of finding yourself all alone at the forefront. By chance (or not, for that matter), Ryan Moore decides to move forward with Los Angeles and comes to cover him. Here is Rossa Ryan and the daughter of Camelot hidden in the wake of the host in a rhythmic race and above all in front, far from the traffic, the jostling, the discomfort ofBeech Zark. The place everyone wants. There’s only one and it’s Rossa Ryan who has it. In the straight line, we must still show the same acceleration and the same courage as in the Prix Vermeille three weeks previously. Will she be able to do the same? You know the answer and it’s even better, even if the straight line was long. For Ralph Beckett, and for Rossa Ryan: “In the two hundred meters, I didn’t think of much. I just wanted the post to arrive as quickly as possible.” He arrived and he crowned a filly who reached the top at the right time, a young jockey full of talent, a sometimes enigmatic trainer and an oh-so-prestigious coat. However, the atmosphere on the racecourse, if we remove the infectious joy of Christophe Ferland for second placeAdventure (as in the Prix Vermeille), will not be remembered. The favorite, Sosie, did not offer Maxime Guyon a deserved first Arc. The co-favorite Vega’s looknot very lucky in the course, was unable to respond and left his supporters wanting more. The beautiful story of Mqse de Sévigné, probably one of the best aged mares of the last ten years, ends in almost total anonymity. And the Japanese? Even with an “FR”, he still can’t do it. It’s not clear what more they can do. Shin Emperor never had a chance. Delius, probably the last starter in Jean-Claude Rouget’s Arc trained in Normandy at Deauville, probably did not bring a smile back to his team. And what can I say. What to say about Beech Zark. He deserved another ending. Show must go on they say.
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