Arrival of the fifth:
12 - 10 - 13 - 2 - 8
Direction the racecourse of Salon-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), for the second stage of the Grand National du Trot.
This Group III pitted sixteen competitors, aged 7 to 10 inclusive, on the 3,000m course, with a drop of 25m for four trotters who reached 249,000 euros in earnings.
After being postponed by 30 minutes due to a movement of support for coach Yannick-Alain Briand, indicted in a doping case - "He's not a cheater", says Jean Uroz, spokesperson of movement - and five false starts, this event was a success for
Divine Monceau
(n°12).
The representative of Charley Mottier waited behind the leading horses before accelerating sharply and being pugnacious to win.
It offers itself a first victory at Group level.
A first attempt and a masterstroke also for its driver Alexandre Abrivard who was discovering this track and is lining up successes at the moment.
“She is a brave mare who follows all the trains, underlines the pilot, at the microphone of Equidia.
I drove her to be fourth or fifth.
Everything went wonderfully well.
The straight is very long, and she had time to pick up
Dottarus
.
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#Quinté
🏆 Divine Monceau (A. Abrivard - @MottierCharley ) wins the second stage of the Grand National du Trot ParisTurf (Gr. 3) in Salon-de-Provence.
🏁 12 - 10 - 13 - 2 - 8 pic.twitter.com/WZwBnN9t4t
— Equidia (@equidia) March 30, 2022
More confirmed on the mounted trot,
Dottarus
(n°10), who looked like a winner for a moment, created a big surprise by finishing second at 94/1.
Third,
Eden Basque
(No. 13) behaves remarkably.
He is the only 25m competitor to have returned.
Located at the back, he made up a lot of ground in the straight line.
Underdog Eberton
(
#2) finished fourth at 54/1.
His performance is all the more deserving as he held himself together with his nose to the wind.
Dixit Danica
(n° 8) completes the arrival and also surprises (84/1), because he remained on a series of poor performances and disqualifications.
Eden Julry
(n° 3),
Festif Charmant
(n° 9),
Evariste du Bourg
(n° 14), big favourite,
and Crack Money
(n° 15) were at fault and were disqualified.