PMU - Arrival of the quinté on Monday January 3 in Pau: Deo Gratias opens the ball of the year in jumps

Arrival of the quinté:

3 - 9 - 8 - 2 - 11

After the sumptuous victory of

in the Prix du Bourbonnais (Gr. II), yesterday in Paris-Vincennes, direction the racecourse of Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

This first quinté of obstacle of the year brought together fourteen jumpers aged 6 to 10 years after the packages of

(n ° 12) and

(n ° 15) on the 3,800 m course.

In a slow-paced race, victory went to

(n ° 3). This 9-year-old mare wins for the second time in her career on the Pau track. After waiting in the peloton, she took the lead to tackle the final turning point before showing courage by repelling all the final attacks. It thus offers a fifth victory of the meeting to its trainer Jean-Pierre Daireaux and a fourth success to its pilot, Bertrand Lestrade: “It has adapted well to the track even if it prefers the heavy ground underlined the latter at the microphone. 'Equidia. The test was not sustained and I did not want to undergo the race. She was superb until the end. "

#Obstacle @Hippodrome_Pau

🏆 Second in 2020, 𝐃𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐬 (@ lestradebertra1 / Jean-Pierre Daireaux) is eye-catching until the end to win the Pierre Estrem Rey Prize, the # Quinté +!

🏁 Arrival: 3 - 9 - 8 - 2 - 11 pic.twitter.com/ey13ubRL7M

- Equidia (@equidia) January 3, 2022

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(

) galloped in good rank before experiencing a big

.

He found himself far away, but recovered very well.

He concluded pleasantly and grabbed second place, less than a length behind the winner and proves that he is capable of pinning an event of this kind in 57 value.

Boy Royal

(n ° 8) also behaved remarkably for his comeback in the big handicaps by taking 3rd place.

Not seen since October 30 in Compiègne,

(n ° 2) had a convincing comeback race and completed the arrival of the quartet.

Specialist of the Pau track,

(n ° 11) held its game very well for its first participation in a quinté.

Still in the last row in the last turn, he made up a lot of ground to grab fifth place near the post.

Halim Bouakkaz indicated the quinté in the disorder in eight horses.

Kevin Romain and Steavie Doussot proposed the trifecta in three horses.