2023-05-20 23:08:43
Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé and François Nicolle in each other’s arms while Thelème et Hermès Very are battling it out in the final phase of the Grande Course de Haies d’Auteuil: this is the beautiful image of the day offered by the professionals from Royan on the Butte Mortemart. On the track, their two residents fought an epic battle at the end of which the first named emerged victorious. “The event was fluid and the best won, admitted sportingly François Nicolle after the competition. There are no excuses. Our opponent surprises me because he gets better with age. »
Greeted with great respect by his counterpart, Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé was also congratulated by his friend Jean-Michel Bazire, who came especially to encourage him, and received praise from his pilot, Gaëtan Masure. “It’s a crack to bring his horses to the top on D-Day, launched the jockey. I expected a good performance from my horse and it happened. Kudos to the coach. »
Beaten in the Prix Léon Rambaud, last month, Thelème once again showed his talent and his ability to respond to major events. After the Prix Cambacérès, the Prix Renaud du Vivier and the Grand Prix d’Automne, the 6-year-old gelding adds a fourth Group I to his list, with a third different jockey (Thomas Coutant and Pierre Dubourg were his previous partners). But to achieve his ends, Gaëtan Masure was still forced to elbow in the final turn, sandwiched by several opponents. “When I saw that, and mine was distancing itself, I was drinking whey,” admits the mentor ofHermès Very. The title holder of the first highlight of this weekend must finally leave the laurels to his best enemy. ” Thelème is number one over hurdles, and I hope to have the strongest over steeplechase in the fall”, concludes François Nicolle, already looking to the future with Hermès Very.
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