Former show jockey
Adam Kondrat
died overnight from Monday to Tuesday after a long illness.
Originally from Poland, he joined France at the age of 11 and entered AFASEC in Gouvieux in 1980 with Mick Bartholomew as an apprentice master.
He won 65 flat races before returning to the services of François Doumen thanks to whom he experienced his greatest joys in jumps.
For him, he signed successes at the highest level with the champions of the Marquise de Moratalla, in particular T
he Fellow
(Prix de la Haye Jousselin), Ucello II (Prix Ferdinand Dufaure) and Ubu III (two Grandes Courses de Haies d 'Auteuil and two Grandes Courses de Haies d'Enghien).
Holder of more than 400 victories, including 49 Groups (9 Group I) in France and abroad, he shone across the Channel in the King George VI at Kempton and the Gold Cup at Cheltenham in 1994. Adam Kondrat is the only one French jockey has won this event.
During his career, Adam Kondrat also delivered his predictions in our prediction challenges, being a faithful of the Parisian - Today-in-France.
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He hung up his boots on November 19 in 2010, his 44th birthday.
