Arrival of the fifth:
6 - 4 - 9 - 3 - 1
Disputed on soft ground (3.5 on the penetrometer), the quinté of the day was set at the Saint-Cloud racecourse (Hauts-de-Seine) which reopened its doors and pitted sixteen competitors, aged 4 to 9, against each other. years, on the course of 2,000 meters.
This event saw the victory of
Electron Libre
(n°6), third in a similar field on February 11 at Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes).
The representative of Christophe Escuder quickly found himself behind the leaders with the 6 on the rope before accelerating under the grip of Maxime Guyon.
A moment overwhelmed by
Ridwaan
(No. 4), he regained the advantage in the last hundred meters to win the second event of his career on a track he enjoys.
To the delight of his trainer, Christophe Escuder: “Even if he prefers softer tracks, he's a fan of grass.
He was ridden offensively today and reacted well.
He is in great shape and deserved to win this event.
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🏆 𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷 𝓛𝓲𝓫𝓻𝓮 wins the #Quinté+ of the day, the Prix de la Gascogne!
🏁 Arrival: 6 - 4 - 9 - 3 - 1 pic.twitter.com/ErOjQrN8bV
— Equidia (@equidia) March 10, 2022
Naishan
(No. 9), who waited because of his number on the rope (15), made up a lot of ground to take third place.
Fourth,
Have Dancer
(No. 3) made progress on its comeback last month at Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Winner of a quinté last November on this track, it behaves once again very well.
The top weight,
Mr. Xoo
(n°1) completes the arrival.
Stéphan Flourent and Halim Bouakkaz indicated the fifth in the disorder in six horses.
