Everyone was waiting for the Cleangame champion in the Prix Jean Riaud (Gr. III). But that was without counting on the formidable Diable de Vauvert. While the partner of Jean-Michel Bazire gets lost in his paces 250 m from the post, that of Tony Le Beller goes into overdrive after having walked on the rope side and wins brilliantly. “In the last turn, I felt that I was going to win, indicates the winner. Even if I don’t take the rope option, I would still have won it. »
Thanks to this fifteenth success since the beginning of his career, the winner of the Prix de Paris on January 30 exceeds the symbolic bar of one million euros in earnings. “He will run the Prix de l’Atlantique in a fortnight, says his driver. My brother, Bertrand (the trainer), then wants to run the Harper Hanovers in Sweden, but even if it means going there to take a layoff and a fine, you might as well go there for the beauty. Behind the scenes, the driver will therefore try to motivate everyone around the horse to go to Solvalla on May 29 to compete in the Elitloppet.
Fire Cracker is one of the big ones
A real steamroller, Fire Cracker has shown that it is still capable of great performance. The representative of the Pinsonnière team won in force in the Prix Théophile Lallouet, yesterday at Vincennes, depriving Clegs des Champs of a third success in this Group II on the mounted trot. “He had some fights but always got up, says his jockey, Anthony Barrier. This is the strength of great horses. »
Davidson du Pont on the sidelines
Jean-Michel Bazire told our colleagues from Paris-Turf that Davidson du Pont will be absent from the competition until August due to a health problem and will therefore miss the Prix de l’Atlantique on April 23 in Enghien.