In two days, two victories and a passage among the professionals. Antoine Voisin lost his apprentice status Thursday on the Meslay-du-Maine track (Mayenne). In the saddle on Douchka Wind, he clinched the fiftieth success of his young career, less than twenty-four hours after having passed the post in the lead at Sables d'Olonne (Vendée).
Just "pro" and already an agent
Crossing the course of professionalism inevitably causes happiness, even in front of empty stands because of the closed door imposed in Mayenne due to viruses. But, like many young people, Antoine Voisin does not hide a certain concern at the idea of evolving among the "big ones". “This is what we all expect but, at the same time, the loss of the landfill is a difficult passage to negotiate with the uncertainty of being so much in demand,” says the native of Laval (Mayenne). Reason why Antoine Voisin did not wait for this deadline to hire the services of an agent. “Eric Fournier is there to help me cross this passage. So far, I have been lucky enough to be asked by various coaches and it would be good if this confidence continued, ”hopes the 23-year-old driver.
Before revealing his new status, the young man will be at Vincennes this Saturday in a race reserved for apprentices, as allowed by the regulations (it is the number of victories at the time of the declaration of the starters, which took place on Thursday morning, that matters ). And the opportunity is beautiful in the opening test with, he says, "the great commitment in favor Dusty Wood . I won with him on July 15 at Enghien ”. Like Douchka Wind , this 6-year-old trotter depends on the training of Thierry Duvaldestin. Fundamental in the rise of Mayennais, the man who has two victories in the Prix d'Amérique with Ready Cash expressed his esteem for him: “Antoine is a skilful and thoughtful boy. "
"It's really not a job like any other"
With a commercial father in the building industry and a nursing assistant mother in a retirement home, the equestrian route was not necessarily the one envisaged by the young man. “I developed a passion for competition by accompanying my grandfather to the racetracks,” he reveals. This is how, along the way, he wished, at the age of seventeen, to enroll in the Laval jockey school. Antoine works for Ludovic Le Drean, after having completed internships with Didier Dauverné, Alain Chavatte and David Cherbonnel. “It's really not a job like any other. It's a passion more than a profession, ”confesses the neo-pro, happy to see the future he has chosen opening up before him.