This time she was the favorite as her odds were 140/1 on her penultimate outing.
At 7,
Golden Grace
(No. 14) seems better than ever and proved it again by winning the first quinté of the week contested over the 2,100 m of the large track at the Paris-Vincennes racecourse.
Waiting for a long time, she has, under the grip of Alexandre Abrivard, accelerated to the top of the climb.
His courage and form then made the difference to reach the post in the lead.
The Ready Cash
champion's daughter
thus signs the tenth and most beautiful victory of his career.
“I didn't really know how to deal with her and thought about sending her to Cagnes-sur-Mer.
She is aging well.
It's beautiful so we savor it.
It's my name on the program but there are many of us working.
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🏆 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟰) (A. Abrivard / J.-P. Raffegeau) takes the advantage on 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗱'𝗘𝗹 (𝟴) during the final stretch in the quinté + of this day at @VinCennes_Hippo.
🏁 14 - 8 - 13 - 11 - 4 - 6 - 9 pic.twitter.com/YRpK6E6Uxo
— Equidia (@equidia) January 9, 2023
Not far from the winner, even if she could not doubt her superiority,
Graziela d'El
(n° 8) took second place at the expense of
Galia Sotho
(n° 13).
Behind the first three, two good finishers complete the good combination, namely
Giana de Marzy
(n° 11) and
Gipsy du Ried
(n° 4).
