Brilliant winner of the Troytown Prize (Gr. III) yesterday on the Butte Mortemart,
Sel Jem
offers a real makeover to everyone around him, starting with the one who led him to success, namely Johnny Charron, author of a doubled during this meeting.
"At 42, finding myself on a horse like that is a thrill: it's beautiful my job (sic)!
“Launched the jockey at the microphone of the transmitting horse.
It must be said that the man who now has the confidence of Guillaume Macaire and Hector de Lageneste takes his time to do things right.
After winning his first quinté at 32, he now faces the biggest challenge of his career a decade later as he confirms: "I have never had the chance before today to prepare a horse for a Grand Steeplechase -Chase de Paris (Gr. I).
Sel Jem
has something different.
He likes going to races like training.
After work in the morning, the others in the stable have their heads down but give him the zouave.
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SEL JEM (@HDL_GM_Racing / J. Charron) 5 years old and now winner of the Troytown Prize!
Second in the "Maurice Gillois" Gr.1 last year, Sel Jem is laying the groundwork for the big RDV in May.
Beautiful 1st on the "Rail Ditch"
🥈 Eddy de Balme
🥉 Poly Grandhcamp pic.twitter.com/srhBmzT6ou
— Equidia (@equidia) March 20, 2022
How beautiful life in 2013?
In an event during which nothing was played until the jump of the last hurdle when the competitors had overcome the most difficult obstacles of the Auteuil racecourse,
Sel Jem
was able to give a boost worthy of the better to get ahead
of Eddy de Balme
and
Poly Grandchamp
, two residents of François Nicolle.
The last Troytown-Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris double was in 2013. It was made by
Bel La Vie
, trained by Guillaume Macaire and owned by the Papot family.
Like a certain Salt Jem…