Twenty-six years ago, Ludovic and Benoît Goudigan pushed open the doors of the Vincennes racecourse, responding to the invitation of their older brother, Denis.
The twins were amazed when they discovered the temple of trotting, its fervor, and its panoramic restaurant.
“A magical moment”, remembers Benoît, keen, like his two brothers, in horse racing after having scoured, from an early age, the racetracks of Sarthe with their parents.
Paris-Vincennes, Thursday December 30, 2021. Eric Raffin at the Farah des Caux sulky.
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It is now as owners that his grandsons of farmers, "of dairy cows and draft horses", return to Vincennes. Since 2017, they have been at the head of the En Avant Goudig team. An appellation that comes from the contraction of their name and is intended as a nod to En Avant Guingamp. "Our family is from there, and we are supporters of this football club in our region of heart", adds Ludovic, 44, sales representative for a packaging company and manager of the team. It currently has "a dozen trotters in training". "We had said that we would buy a horse the day we had the means to do so," continues Ludovic. "We thought this dream was not very accessible, knowing that we had no idea about this environment," adds Benoît, plant manager in the automotive sector.
"We live moments of incredible intensity"
But it took a meeting, the one with Pascal Covin (Beryl stable) which allowed Ludovic to acquire a share of a horse, and everything accelerated.
With success at high speed. "From the first race with our colors, we finished second at Enghien thanks to
Desteria
who allowed us to win at the Vincennes racecourse on August 31, 2017. It was unreal…", Ludovic still rejoices.
As three months ago with the success in a quinté of
Farah des Caux
, "from which we hope for a good performance on Thursday with the number one driver".
And the person, like his two brothers, is satisfied since
Farah des Caux
won a second quinté on the Parisian ash, allowing Eric Raffin to equal the record for victories in the trot (345) which he holds with Jean-Michel Bazire.
"We are in heaven", loose Ludovic after the race.
“We experience moments of incredible intensity,” concludes Benoît.
As much to say to you that we are even more bitten!
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