Arrival of the fifth: 4 – 6 – 1 – 15 – 16
Head to the Saint-Cloud racecourse (Hauts-de-Seine) for the quinté du jour during which sixteen competitors, aged 4 to 9 inclusive, competed on the 1,400m course. Contested on a soft ground (3.5 on the penetrometer), this big handicap smiled on Power Jack (n° 4), which did not miss its return to this level of competition. Located on the rope side, he accelerated sharply when he found the opening and was able to keep the best until the end. After three accessits, Power Jack wins for the first time in his career in this type of event. The 6-year-old gelding offers a thirteenth victory in a straight to Carmen Bocskai and an eleventh success to his partner, Mickaël Forest. “He needed to run when he reappeared and held his game well that day,” said his jockey at Equidia’s microphone. Carmen Bocskai put sheepskins on him today, because she found him more at work in the morning with this artifice. We had a good race. He did what I asked of him. »
Adept of soggy surfaces, Millfield (No. 6) performed remarkably well. At 9 years old, he proves that he is still in top form for his forty-seventh participation in an event of this kind. After galloping close to the leaders, he produced excellent acceleration on the open track, but could not do anything against the winner. top weight, French Conte (No. 1), found himself at the back and made a lot of ground outside to grab third place, creating a small upset at odds of 21/1. Absent from competition since November, Gold (n° 15) carried out a convincing comeback race by taking fourth place. She demonstrates for the occasion her competitiveness in this style of tournaments in 36 of value. The outsider, Big Boots (n° 16), which animated the debates, valiantly defended itself until the end and completed the finish.
Stephan Flourent indicated the trifecta in disorder in eight horses.