“You win here, you win in Vincennes”, confides Hervé Langlois a few minutes after his victory at the Chartres Métropole award, on Tuesday 8 November 2022, at the Chartres racecourse.
His 2-year-old foal, Kajou Josselyn, took his first steps on the track successfully, against equally promising competitors that horse racing enthusiasts will surely hear about.
Several large stables put their potential champions to the test in this Chartres Métropole award in which only professionals who had already won at least ten harness trotting races could ride. Of the twelve starting horses, six had never raced. Which created its share of surprises: ranked among the favorites, Kiwi de Trémont, led by Franck Nivard, finished last. But Konfinée and Karma Quick, who were also competing in their first race, proved to have it under their clogs.
A selective but not tired track
“Chartres is the antechamber of Vincennes,” sums up Jean-Luc Thirouin, president of the Chartres horse racing company. “The 1000m track is selective, which allows you to test the foals, but it doesn’t tire them because it doesn’t have too long straights. A horse that here wins with all its possibilities in Vincennes. “
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In charge of the qualification of the horses for sixteen years for the coach Sébastien Guarato, Hervé Langlois remains, despite everything, modest about the victory of his colt: “He made a very good start. But it will be necessary to keep an eye on its competitors. “
Last races of the season : Sunday 20 November (PMH meeting), at 1pm, and Friday 2 December (Premium meeting), at 11:20 am
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