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Prix Troytown Auteuil 2009 |
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Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:00 |
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In the €150,000 Prix Troytown Chase (Gr3 - 4,400m) Don Mirande (AQPS-Turgeon) was brave enough though to take the trophy post to post leaving Polar Rochelais (AQPS-Le Balafre) finish second in front of Isnos (Fr-Limnos), so impressive last time out but rather flat on a ground not as deep as he would like.
"I have changed my mind, said Isabelle Pacault, trainer of Don Mirande. We first thought he was a bit fed up with the whole thing so I decided to let him relax behind. This time however, as I felt he was kidding us, I asked Sam Massinot (his rider) to move early on and take the lead. It worked !" |
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Rendons Grace impresses for Hurdling debut |
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 00:00 |
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Auteuil 18 mars 2009 www.frogsracing.com The top AQPS over the flat in 2008 wins effortlessly at Auteuil Unbeaten in four AQPS flat races last season, Rendons Grace (AQPS-Video Rock) had easily seized the halfbreds' 3yo crown in the €44,000 Prix Jacques de Vienne over 2,400m for trainer Guy Cherel and breeder-owner Haras de Saint-Voir (Nicolas de Lageneste). The full-brother to Homme de Jour, winner of the 1998 Prix Jacques de Vienne and of the 1999 Prix Renaud du Vivier 4yo Hurdle (Gr1), was tried for the first time over Auteuil hurdles in the €44,000 Prix de l'Yonne 4yo AQPS Hurdle (3,600m), on Wednesday. |
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 00:00 |
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The Jacques Ortet-trained 4yo Rubi Ball (AQPS-Fr-Network) took the lead of the new generation by easily defeating a 18-strong €150,000 Prix Duc d'Anjou Chase (Gr2-3,500m). This debut at Auteuil was well anticipated after the AQPS had ruled most of the Winter Pau meeting amongst the young chasers. He would have ended this season unbeaten had he not fallen in his last race. "He's a small champ with a big engine, said of him an elusive Christophe Pieux, back from his vacation in Brazil. I am glad he put the record straight after his Pau fall. He's a brilliant chaser. It was his first test over here and he just jumped everything as if he's done that all his life. I am extremely pleased." Rubi Ball is a full brother to Quecy de Chadzeau AQPS-(Fr-Network), an other son of the Haras Nationaux German-bred Network (Ger-Monsun), a very popular proposal for AQPS breeders around Cercy-la-Tour in Burgundy. The gelding was raised there by Jean-Louis Berger (the man behind the good jumps mare Kario de Sormain) and Pierre Duvigneaud. |
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