Arrival of the fifth: 13 - 10 - 17 - 7 - 9
On the singular 1,400m course of the Val d'Or racecourse, competitors fast on legs and evolving at the front are often advantaged, especially when the terrain is good as was the case on the eve of Whit Monday. However, it is a wait-and-see attitude, namely Monarchic (No. 13), who won the palm. In the absence of a red carpet, the grassy straight line of Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine) allowed Mickaël Barzalona's partner to show his best face, as confirmed by his jockey at the microphone of Equidia: "With this number 14 in the starting stalls, we could leave and see or wait and hope! We took the second option, and he grabbed ground all along the straight. »
🏆 Monarchic (13) (M. Barzalona / A. Fabre) activates the rocket mode in the last 200 meters and wins the Grand Handicap de Saint-Cloud, support of the #Quinté + of the day.
👉 After two fifth places, he returned to victory.
🏁 13 - 10 - 17 - 16 - 9 pic.twitter.com/SxdSsbEipM
— Equidia (@equidia) May 28, 2023
Quickly well placed, Ozan (No. 10), ridden by the ingambe Gérald Mossé, was brave to keep the second place at the expense of French Conte (No. 17), who completes the podium at the foot of which fails the other small weight of the race, namely Zerostress (No. 16). As for Simply Striking (No. 9), it completes the right combination of the fifth.
