Arrival of the fifth:
7 - 2 - 10 - 4 - 6
Three months since he had integrated the right combination of a fifth, more than a year even since he had interfered on the podium at this level… Second in an event race on February 3, 2021 on the PSF of Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes),
Checkpoint Charlie
(No. 7) was talked about again on this same track, winning, at 7, the first big handicap of his career in nineteen appearances.
Abandoned (19/1), the horse trained by Philippe Decouz, which pinned a fourth quinté since its debut, began to leave the rearguard in the final turn, approaching in thickness before taking the advantage in the hundred last meters.
“The other day, I had ridden him badly, the trainer and the owner gave me my chance again, and we rectified the situation”, confided, at the microphone of Equidia, his jockey Ioritz Mendizabal.
#Flat @hippocotdazur
🏆 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 (@PDecouz) holds its first #Quinté, on the occasion of the Prix d'Antibes!
The partner of Ioritz Mendizabal is ahead of a surprising Mika d'O.
🏁 Arrival: 7 - 2 - 10 - 4 - 6 pic.twitter.com/4LY7ODCVit
— Equidia (@equidia) February 16, 2022
We also did not expect
Mika d'O
(No. 2) at such a party.
At the forefront at the start of the final straight, he continued his effort well, seizing the first runners-up at… 50/1 ahead of
Saint Nicolas
(n°10) who made up a lot of ground.
Dragonet
(No. 4), the favorite associated with Christophe Soumillon and who had taken the lead two hundred meters from goal, confirmed his competitiveness in fifths, obtaining a sixth place in seven participations.
For his first attempt at this level,
Big Call
(n°6) completes the good combination.