It was only the mirage of a struggle. The winner of the Greffulhe Prize, Wootton Verni raised the hope of competing Bright Picture in the straight line of the Prix Eugène Adam, but the resident of Jérôme Andreu will remain constantly one and a half lengths from his rival along the last three hundred meters. “When Maxime Guyon got off his horse, he told us it had been very easy.”reveals the manager of the Wertheimer jacket, Pierre-Yves Bureau. It must be said that everything went well for the son ofNerd who was able to slip into the wake of his stablemate, Hamaviquickly at the forefront, before getting inside and making an effort along the rail. “There was no established strategy, however, continues Pierre-Yves Bureau. Hamavi (4e) runs well, but he shows today that he will perhaps be more of a 2,400 meter horse, on soft ground.” The question of distance does not arise for the winner who erases his defeat against Calandagan in the Prix Noailles of April 14. “Calandagan is a very good horse, he confirmed it recently at Royal Ascot, but we did not have the best of rides that day (Editor’s note, he was sent off by opponents in the last turn), recalls the racing manager. The 2,000m distance is perfect and we don’t see any reason to change it at the moment. There will probably be races in Deauville this summer for him, like the Prix Guillaume d’Ornano for example, but there are other options.”
Jérôme Andreu satisfied with Wootton Verni
Jérôme Andreu had nothing to reproach Wootton Verney, author of a nice final acceleration: “He was brave until the end and did everything correctly. The winner slipped away from under his nose. Perhaps we can regret our rope number when the winner was inside. However, Wootton Verni never cracked.”
