"Is his name James or John?"
But no, it's Jason!
While everyone expected a victory from a competitor trained across the Channel in the Prix Maurice de Gheest, which was the case with the success of Highfield Princess, few were those who had considered seeing Jason Hart win his first Group I yesterday at the Deauville racecourse (Calvados).
“I can say long live France, because my best results were obtained here, indicates the 27-year-old Scottish jockey, who put himself on the sidelines of his relatives to confide.
I finished second twice at this level at Longchamp.
It's incredible for me to win such an event.
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“A mare with a huge heart”
Fan of rugby, in particular of the opening half Finn Russell, he does not want to hear about "Crunch" (name given to the oppositions between the team of France and that of the XV of the Rose).
"Apart from the owners of the mare, I don't like the English," he replies confidently.
I won in France and for an Irish trainer, but above all with a mare with a huge heart (he shows his as if to back up his remarks).
To obtain this consecration, Jason Hart says “having done nothing and let his partner manage herself, because she is very professional”.
Starting well, Highfield Princess never left the leading group from one end to the other of the 1,300m of this prestigious Group I. When the attacks intervened, she did not let up and started again with renewed vigor .
“The field, very fast,
did not help Naval Crown (one of the horses in sight) but we were beaten by better this Sunday”, recognizes James Doyle, his jockey, in the saddle on the second favorite of the event.
And once again, the French horses were unable to cope with the armada from across the Channel.
Not even Christophe Soumillon who was associated with the favorite of bettors, Perfect Power.
