Arrival of the fifth:
14 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 9
"It has gone down in value and will appreciate the ground which has softened..." Coach Patrice Quinton had indicated, in our columns, the positive points which could allow Havanea (n ° 14) to redeem themselves after being arrested at the end of December at the same racecourse in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
🏆𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮 (𝟭𝟰) (G. Masure / P. Quinton) won ahead of 𝗚𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝗲́𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 (𝟮) in the @PQuippo.drome+
𝗚.
𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 wins this Equidia Prize for the 2nd time.
He had won with 𝗚𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝗲́𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 in 2022.
🏁 14 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 9 pic.twitter.com/K1Olv4XVGZ
— Equidia (@equidia) January 11, 2023
Climbing to the back and still far from the front of the race before the jump of the penultimate hurdle, she therefore made a name for herself again by taking the advantage, in the last meters and under the grip of Gaëtan. Masure, on Gage de Réussite (n°2) who seemed set to achieve the double in this event race.
Abandoned (45/1), Havanea won for the first time at this level on the occasion of her second attempt.
Bandero (n° 1), who had quickly gone to the forefront, seized the second runner-up ahead of Miralago (n° 4), one of the main animators with Starvina (n° 15), who finished sixth then that she was discovering these kinds of handicaps.
The favorite, Black Boa (n ° 9), completes the good combination of this fifth, disputed in a difficult ground.
Moreover, Premier Vert (n° 3), Hitech (n° 5), Duo d'Enfer (n° 10), and Alex du Pin (n° 16) were arrested.
Genesis As (#13) fell.
Ludovic Philipperon, present in our selection of jockeys, indicated the fifth out of order in eight horses.