Arrival of the fifth : 5 – 7 – 11 – 13 – 6
With a large part of the peloton racing without ambition, the favorites took the lion’s share in this quinté relocated to Vendée. On his native land, Éric Raffin did not fail to distinguish himself, the triple Sulky d’Or being associated with a quality horse, Bordeaux S (#5). Trained by Jean-Michel Bazire, the 6-year-old gelding was clearly the preference of punters and did not betray their trust. “He stretched out well to finish, notes, at the microphone of Equidia, the Challandais who wins his 206th quinté. I was not attacked when I was able to install myself in command. Last time at Vincennes, I regretted not having been closer to the front. He thanked me for giving him a morale run. » The third attempt at this level was good for Bordeaux S. As for Jean-Michel Bazire, he culminates in 352 successes in this category.
After having modeled his race on that of the favourite, Galileo Beautiful (n°7) cannot doubt the superiority of the winner in the final phase but easily retains second place ahead of his boxing companion, El Greco Bello (n°11), author of a good performance, despite his initial handicap of 25 m. Second advantage of Jean-Michel Bazire, Heading Reference (n°13) fails at the foot of the podium. Star Arrow (n°6) completes the good combination of the fifth.
All our forecasters indicated the fifth out of order, including Kévin Romain who gave it in five horses.