Arrival of the fifth:
7 - 10/14 - 5 - 3
Despite a start given at 8:15 p.m., the event organized on the banks of the Allier took place in a temperature of more than 30°C and over the long distance of 3,000 m.
This did not prevent
Almacado Gree
(n°7) from winning after a stunning finish.
Still last and very far from the leaders at the start of the long Vichy straight line, he reviewed the peloton, responding perfectly to the requests of his jockey, Tony Piccone.
The 7-year-old gelding thus offers a first quinté to his trainer, Bruno Audoin.
Father-in-law of the latter, Claude Le Lay was obviously delighted after the event: “We had been looking for such a race for a while.
It is a cold horse that has only one long acceleration.
I was worried seeing him so far away but the 750m straight served him.
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🏆 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲 (T. Piccone - B. Audouin) finishes at the speed of the wind to win the Vichy Community Prize, the #Quinte of the day!
🏁 7 - 10 - 14 - 5 - 3 pic.twitter.com/QOs2fev3n1
— Equidia (@equidia) July 19, 2022
Also wait-and-see,
Coté Jardin
(No. 10) finished very well.
Even if he could not face the winner, his straight line shows that he should be able to remove a test of this kind in the weeks or months to come.
Vichy specialist
Salsa Queen
(No. 14) proved to be valiant throughout the final phase and finally shared second place with its aforementioned rival.
Slightly behind
Sasakia
(n° 5), like the winner, shows her true face again.
Mickaël Barzalona's partner could not doubt the superiority of the first three but can claim to have beaten the favorite of the event, namely
Belgian Prince
(n ° 3), once again at the finish despite a weight revised upwards following its success acquired on May 3 at this level.
