Everything moves very quickly in horse racing.
A fortnight earlier,
Galius
made a very good impression in the Prix de Washington at Enghien, offering a fine response to
Hohneck
.
A confirmation was therefore expected for the pupil of Séverine Raimond in this Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, the flagship event of the closing meeting of the summer meeting on the Plateau de Soisy.
But not everything went as planned for
Davidson du Pont
's heir apparent at the last Prix d'Amérique.
The fault of a
Delfino
, who excels at Enghien.
“He is better than ever in the summer and on this track (four wins in eight races), confirms his mentor, Mathieu Mottier, with a broad smile.
Last year, he had already run well in this event.
I don't think it's better but everything went well this time.
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Delfino (@MathieuMottier) creates the surprise and wins the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (Gr.2) @LeTrot at #Enghien!
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On the winners of this event, he notably succeeds Dorgos de Guez, Cleangame, Aubrion du Gers or Bird Parker.
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— Equidia (@equidia) August 17, 2022
Mathieu Mottier made the skills of his horse speak to bend
Galius.
“
Delfino
is capable of making last kilometers that are out of the ordinary, recalls the double Etrier d'Or.
I could see that
Galius
didn't have the resources to counter me on the final turn.
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The best victory of his career
Fifth in the previous edition,
Delfino
pinned the greatest success of his career and won his first Group II ahead of an excellent
Cash du Rib
.
"It is less good in winter and will not be able to run the good events at Vincennes", laments Mathieu Mottier.
As for the driver of the beaten favourite, Yoann Lebourgeois, he remained doubtful about the poor performance of his champion who finished in ninth and penultimate place.
“I don't really know what happened,” he blurts out.
The six-year-old chestnut will have to show another face on September 10, during the Prix d'Été (Gr. II) at Vincennes.
