Blue Diamond becomes the 10th horse in history to achieve the double in the same year Grande Course de Haies / Grand Prix d'Automne. The family champion A priest enters the legend, he who also won the Prix Renaud du Vivier.
Despite having been beaten in the last preparatory round, the protégé of Dominique Bressou entered this event in the position of big favorite. Beaten, but not defeated. This time, Johnny Charron used his favorite tactic, wearing down his opponents. A real steamroller, he never let himself approach, despite a terrible mistake jumping the penultimate hurdle.
Son jockey, Johnny Charronwon the sixth Group I of his career, the third this year.
Johnny Charron : “We had to take risks”
Dominique Bressou : “The last race cast real doubt.”
The jacket A priest was omnipresent at the start. Blue Diamond takes a brilliant revenge on Thaix gamenon-existent today. Francois Nicolle had tried a bet with Hermès Verywho puts in an XXL performance, for his second outing after a long absence.
Xavier Papot : “It’s incredible what he did. They were fabulous races”
Xavier Papot did not forget to highlight the second place of Heloy Delabarrière. In fact, the resident ofArnaud Chaillé-Chaillé is beaten but runs again from first.
