Tuesday Sept 29 www.frogsracing.com Placed third in the 2008 running of the Ferdinand Dufaure and unseen over jumps since late last year, the 5 year old Synaptique (AQPS-Saint des Saints) dominated on his return to hurdling in the Prix Colonel Achon (3800m). The Jacques Détré representative took the lead from Puncho (Medaaly) at the penultimate hurdle and went on to an easy success.
Over the hurdles of the Prix des Cristalleries (3yo-3400m), the AQPS maiden Safari Rochelais (AQPS-Al Namix), a brother of the cross country champion Nuit Rochelaise (AQPS-Dress Parade), dominated the fight. Garjado (Sholokov) also ran well for Patrice Quinton, who was represented by Puncho in the same race as Synaptic, who is trained by Guillaume Macaire.