Empty stands and a heavy silence.
This beautiful Sunday meeting took place in a unique atmosphere on the Auteuil racecourse.
Without any noise, apart from the galloping strides on the track, it was hard to believe that two Groups I were playing.
In total privacy, the champions of the obstacle still provided the show.
A little less than two hours after the feat of
Galop Marin
, who won for the third time in a row the Grand Prix d'Automne (Gr. I), the first three of the last Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris delivered a magnificent fight in the final phase.
OBSTACLE.
DOCTEUR DE BALLON achieves the double Grand Steeple Chase de Paris - Prix la Haye Jousselyn, with an incredible end of the race @ Hippo_Auteuil @PMU_Hippique
đ„DOCTEUR DE BALLON @BertandLestrade
đ„FEU FOLLET @baptiste_clerc
đ„FIGUERO @Ecurie3Nicolle.comyBywjwitterjoZ
- Le Parisien Turf (@leparisien_turf) November 29, 2020
âTo fill ten lengths on Feu Follet, you have to be a cracker.
"
There is no doubt that the spectators would have given their voice to encourage
Docteur de Ballon
,
Feu Follet
and
Figuero.
But this absence of the public did not prevent
Docteur de Ballon
from placing his terrible burst of speed to get ahead of
Feu Folle
t and
Figuero
in that order, and thus achieve the double Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris - Prix La Haye Jousselin, five years old after
Milord Thomas
.
"He was even more impressive than in the Grand Steeple", slips Bertrand Lestrade, his jockey to the trainer, Louisa Carberry.
However, it was not all fun for the jockey.
âHe was very playful on the obstacles because of the high pace.
But what an acceleration in the end!
To fill ten lengths on a horse like
Feu Follet
, you have to be a cracker.
âThanks to this double,
Docteur de Ballon
entered Auteuil history.