2023-08-08 18:43:44
Arrival of the fifth: 13 – 12 – 4 – 7 – 8
Second test of Great Handicap of Deauville contested on Sunday, the Prix de Bayeux went to Al Khamsin (n° 12). Unlike last weekend, the victory was the prerogative of a competitor who progressed from the stands. On the 1,600m straight of the Touques racecourse, Roberto Mangione’s partner was among the last for a long time before being launched just under four hundred meters from the goal. Responding perfectly to the requests of his jockey, the 6-year-old gelding easily made the difference and offered a first quinté to his trainer, veterinarian by profession, Hélène Mennessier Martinez. “I’m on cloud nine because I didn’t expect that,” says the latter, based in Gouvieux (Oise). My son just won the French Pony Championship this weekend so it’s hard for me to realize. In any case, what a meeting! The winner holds a “training permit”, which offers people whose main profession it is not the possibility of taking care of a maximum of five horses, provided that they belong to her.
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— Equidia (@equidia) August 8, 2023
Despite a good end of the race in the middle of the track, Galant Deed (n° 12) had to settle for the first runner-up, obtained at the expense of Bullace (n° 4), who was the favorite of the event. Gaylor Senor (n° 7) fails at the foot of the podium but should be talked about again at this level, while Chance (n° 8) completes the good combination of the fifth.
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