The Nantes Grand Prix meeting, a must for the racing autumn, to follow on Facebook Live from 11:40 a.m.

The Nantes Grand Prix meeting, a must-see in Western horse racing, to be experienced “live” on France Sire's Facebook, this Friday, November 1, 2024 (© Société des Courses de Nantes)

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In addition to the Quinté + meeting, during the month of June, and that supporting a stage of the Grand National du Trot, at the beginning of November, there is another day of races that should not be missed under any circumstances. pretext on the Petit-Port racecourse, in Nantes, capital of Loire-Atlantique: that of the city's Grand Prix. Indeed, and for a very long time, this event, also contested at the heart of the autumn season, remains a must in Western horse racing, in which very, very good horses, trained almost everywhere, come to compete. in France, or even from abroad, and often associated with the finest “whips” of the profession.

With a view to ensuring that this Nantes Grand Prix retains its Listed status in the years to come, the Société des Courses de Nantes, placed since 2023 under the leadership of Michel Huet, has decided to grant a bonus of €10,000 to the winner of this race, as well as travel bonuses, to the various competitors to take part this Friday, November 1, 2024 (CLICK HERE TO RE-READ THE ARTICLE). Counting as a stage of the Défi du Galop, the 14th of the 2024 edition, and supporting the Claude Pompidou Foundation, which acts to support the most vulnerable people in their daily lives, this event will be part of a day entirely dedicated to gallopers , with the start of operations set for 10:55 a.m., during which a total of eight flat, hurdles and steeplechase events will be contested, including two other highlights which will be the Prix de l'Avenir (Gr.3 AQPS ) and the Great Western Hurdle Race. So many great and beautiful sporting moments which, with the Nantes Grand Prix, will be followed “direct live” from the France Sire Facebook page, and whose main forces present can be discovered in more detail below.

Ladiva Smart

The first highlight of this meeting, the Prix de l'Avenir, a flat race for 3-year-old AQPS labeled Gr.3, will pit eight fillies and colts against each other on a 2,400 meter long course, around 11:56 a.m. Winner of the Association des AQPS (Gr.3 AQPS) and second in the Prix Groupe Piegon – de l'Isle Briand (Gr.3 AQPS) this summer, at Craon and Lion d'Angers, Ladiva Smart (Manduro) has a very first chance in this event, just like Louisa Bamboo (Silverwave), whose only first two outings in the spring each ended in a victory, on the Saint-Brieuc and Lion d'Angers tracks. Driven by the feared and formidable Alain Couétildeveloper who has won this Prix de l’Avenir multiple times, The Riskel (No Risk At All) also has the means to play leading roles, based in particular on its success obtained at the end of September in Angers, just like Louba (Voiladenuo), still maiden but still at the finish, who has successively finished second or third in the important Prix Antoine de Vazelhes (Gr.3 AQPS), Grand Prix de la Ville de Moulins (Gr.3 AQPS) and Prix du Bourbonnais (Gr.2 AQPS), in Vichy, Moulins and Saint-Cloud.

In Front (© APRH)

The most beautiful event, sportingly speaking, this Friday, November 1 at the Petit-Port racecourse, with a start set for around 12:28 p.m., the Grand Prix of Nantes (L.) will offer the opportunity to nine competitors aged 3 and above taking over from Salocin (Lope de Vega), last year's winner. A horse trained by the very skillful Christophe Lotouxwho hopes to retain his title in this race, among trainers, in 2024, through In Front (Intello), well known in this Défi du Galop circuit, who notably won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Craon (L.) in 2020 and this same Grand Prix de Nantes (L.) in 2022 (then contested in Saint -Cloud, editor’s note), as well as the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Scaramouche Prize (L.). Winner this year of the Lord Seymour Prize (L.), against the champion Goliath (Adlerflug), as well as the younger Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.), Galashiels (Australia) also has the means to do well, like Rashford (Zarak), Listed winner and multiple Group placed. Other candidates with qualifications to assert, Have Dancer (Le Havre), winner last year of the Hubert Baguenault Prize of Puchesse (L.), in Vichy, and Marianachic (Authorized), whose name appears on the winners of the François Mathet (L.) and Frédéric de Lagrange (L.) Prizes. Also pay attention to Moor Malpic (Hunter's Light), victorious at the beginning of July in the Western Derby on the same Nantes racecourse.

Mount Angel (© Twitter Hippodrome du Lion d’Angers / Aidan Gabard)

Seventh event of the day, which will start at around 2:50 p.m., the Grande Course de Haies de l'Ouest will this year bring together “only” seven 3-year-old fillies and colts, but having nevertheless already shown great skills in the discipline. Starting with Lunatic of Ainay (Cokoriko), whose first two races on the “broomsticks” all ended in second place, in Dieppe and Cholet, but also Color Ritano (Bande), winner this summer, as a beginner, on the Beaupréau steeple, and third at the start of the autumn in the Kargal Prize over the big obstacles at Auteuil. Also pay attention to Mount Angel (Doctor Dino), who shone over the hurdles of the Lion d'Angers, mid-September, before finishing fifth in the important Prix Piomares over those of Auteuil, as well as at Rail Dawn (Herald The Dawn), first and second of his first two outings on the “broomsticks”, or even Ethie Castle (Castle du Berlais), good third at the start of the Prix Rivoli, over the hurdles of Moulins, end of September.

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