What a winter meeting carried out by Ampia Mede Sm! Second in the Prix d’Amérique, at the end of a magnificent end of race, then winner of the Prix de France, the Italian mare distinguished herself again by winning the Prix de Paris yesterday on the Parisian cinder track, the last event of this winter triptych. “Its meeting was excellent, underlines its driver Franck Nivard, who won for the third time in this Group I. It’s just a shame not to have succeeded in winning America because it was capable of it. “The student of Fabrice Souloy could then have joined the legendary Bold Eagle et Bellino II, the only trotters to have achieved this hat-trick. ” Wide had been ill during the first qualifying round of the Prix d’Amérique, reminds the coach of Haras de Ginai (Orne), to explain his drop in diet at the start of winter. It proves how complete it is by winning this long distance. »
“Going to Sweden is out of the question”
By winning the second Group I of her career, this 7-year-old mare leaves her revelation status in 2022 and endorses that of European all-terrain leader, capable of winning both a 4,150m marathon and a sprint. “We were invited for the Elitloppet but out of the question to go to Sweden, warns Fabrice Souloy, still suspended for doping in this country. For the moment, we will slow down his training without stopping him completely. “His program is not yet established but his next objectives will be in France with in particular the René Ballière Prize, in June.