Arrival of the fifth: 14 – 2 – 1 – 4 – 9
“It has gone down in value and will appreciate the ground which has softened…” Coach Patrice Quinton had indicated, in our columns, the positive points which could allow Havanea (n ° 14) to redeem themselves after being arrested at the end of December at the same racecourse in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Climbing to the back and still far from the front of the race before the jump of the penultimate hurdle, she therefore made a name for herself again by taking the advantage, in the last meters and under the grip of Gaëtan. Masure, on Gage de Réussite (n°2) who seemed set to achieve the double in this event race. Abandoned (45/1), Havanea won for the first time at this level on the occasion of her second attempt.
Bandero (n° 1), who had quickly gone to the forefront, seized the second runner-up ahead of Miralago (n° 4), one of the main animators with Starvina (n° 15), who finished sixth then that she was discovering these kinds of handicaps. The favorite, Black Boa (n ° 9), completes the good combination of this fifth, disputed in a difficult ground. Moreover, Premier Vert (n° 3), Hitech (n° 5), Duo d’Enfer (n° 10), and Alex du Pin (n° 16) were arrested. Genesis As (#13) fell.
Ludovic Philipperon, present in our selection of jockeys, indicated the fifth out of order in eight horses.