Arrival of the quinté:
8 - 12 - 6 - 4 - 19
Fist clenched, Ioritz Mendizabal screams his joy as he passes the post in the lead. The 47-year-old Basque jockey has reason to be elated as he entered his name on the Jockey Club (Group I) for the third time, even signing a double after his success with Mishriff last year. On Sunday, at the Chantilly racecourse (Oise), he won this prestigious flat race, the second most endowed in France (€ 1,500,000 including € 857,000 for the winner) and which crowns the best 3-year-old colt, thanks to at
St Mark's Basilica
(No. 8). This one is trained by the Irish Aidan O'Brien who obtains, him, a first victory in the French Derby.
The entourage did not in any case tremble.
Favorite of the event,
St Mark's Basilica
, mounted just behind the hosts, outclassed the opposition by placing a sharp acceleration at the start of the straight on the 2,100-meter course, gaining more than one length.
"I was stuffed with gas," Ioritz Mendizabal told Equidia's microphone.
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Second in the 2021 edition of the Jockey Club,
Sealiway
(n ° 12) tore a few tears from Frédéric Rossi, his trainer. While his jockey Franck Blondel said he believed for a moment in the coronation. “I am very happy with this second place,” he added. Stéphanie Nigge was also overcome by emotion after the third place of her first starter in the French Derby, Millebosc (n ° 6), associated with Grégory Benoist.
Saiydabad
(# 4) and
Cheshire Academy
(# 19) complete the right combination.
