Arrival of the fifth: 12 – 6 – 2 – 1 – 4
Some bettors, who had played the favorite, Glaer (#12), must have held their breath. Still in the back at the start of the home straight, the latter finally progressed through the peloton and then found the opening 300m from the post to race for success. It is the fourth in a row for the pupil of Jean-Claude Rouget who, penalized by 3.5 kg after his victory in Pau in mid-December on the occasion of his debut in the handicaps, nevertheless wins in a quit for the first time. “We knew he had room,” said his jockey Cristian Demuro at Equidia’s microphone.
At the end of the 2,000 m on the PSF of the Cagnes-sur-Mer racecourse, Dragonet (n° 6) seized the first runner-up, confirming his regularity at this level with a fifth place in six attempts. Thunderspeed (No. 2), which has long been a potential winner after taking the lead at the start of the final bend, must be content with second place. Khochenko (No. 1), whose trainer Didier Prod’homme had not hidden his confidence in our columns, and Count Rostov (No. 4), complete the correct combination.
Steavie Doussot, Kévin Romain and our synthesis indicated the fifth in the disorder in six, seven and eight horses.