Arrival of the fifth
: 2 - 3 - 8 - 7 - 5
Contested on the tight course to the right of the Hippodrome de la Prairie, the quinté of the day pitted 5-year-olds in the making, evenly distributed over two starting rungs over the distance of 2,450 m.
Competitors starting from the first rung took the lion's share as they took the first five places.
Second at the end of last year on the Parisian cinder,
Bilo Jepson
(n°2) logically set off with the status of favorite and this 5-year-old gelding, presented by Vitale Ciotola, did not disappoint his many takers.
After waiting for his time behind the host's back,
Hélios Somolli
(n°8), this son of champion
Timoko
was launched by his partner, David Thomain at mid-finish line to easily take the measure of his opponents.
Bilo Jepson (D. Thomain / V. Ciotola) confirms and wins his first #Quinté+!
Bon Ton Gso and Hélios Somolli complete the podium
🏁Arr: 2 - 3 - 8 - 7 - 5 pic.twitter.com/MKm5wjUgTI
— Equidia (@equidia) March 17, 2022
Quickly noticed behind the backs of the hosts,
Bon Ton Gso
(n°3) finished in a pleasant action, without however questioning the superiority of the winner.
Behind
Hélios Somolli,
who retains a clear third place,
Histoire Moderne
(n°7), a constant extra, completes the arrival of the quartet and precedes
Hold Up du Digeon
(n°5).
Note that
Boston Luis
(n°1), and
Hiatus
(n°6) galloped off and were disqualified like
Hurricane Way
(n°9).
All of our forecasters as well as our Synthesis indicated the fifth in the disorder.