Fabien Gence (photograph) can have two starters, Sunday at Cordemais (R-5). He delivered his impressions to our journalist Stéphane Davy :
“WINNER (204) will take part in the 2nd race of the meeting (note, the Prix de l'Hippodrome de la Loire). The horse is fine. It has just won easily over Méral at the start of the month. He is a pure left-hander. It is provided with alu. Iron removal does not benefit him. Especially since it goes “baleen-hard” on the hindquarters. I discover it higher with consolation on the ft. In the race, he is able to adapt. He simply has towards him to take time to enter his race. Even if he is bettering on this space, the beginning stays his weak level Before, it was crucial to begin in a backstroke to forestall him from making a mistake when beginning. He at all times tended to stress and rush. On the opposite hand, you even have to anticipate gear modifications with it. On Sunday, if he can profit from a very good course of the race and solely speed up to end, he is able to placing himself within the highlight.
JUST GERS (704) stays difficult but it surely is a filly of high quality. At work, she has nothing to envy to Winner. She has made good progress since her arrival on the secure. Above all, you've got to handle your thoughts. The different day, beneath saddle, she obtained petrified of a filly who crossed the observe in entrance of her however I nonetheless had good emotions between her faults. Previously, in Méral, I used to be going to are available in entrance of the race however the horse positioned on the rope shifted and scared my protected. If she had taken the lead that day, she would have been able to go all the best way… She has endurance and toughness. She generally trots “big” like her mom, and generally “small”, like her father Bold Eagle. In my opinion, she has a future. I'll “shape” it however, someday or one other, it is going to be talked about…”
He additionally tells us about some parts of his secure: “HARPER DE BANVILLE worries me. It remains complicated but it does not breathe after its races. It's in his head. It did not perform as expected this winter. He went to the fields for a month. He returned to work a month and a half ago. I hope he will be talked about again in the spring. SEWING HIPPY has less class than him but he is consistent. It has taken a step forward in recent months. His times testify to this. The big track doesn't bother him. You just have to hide the effort from him. When he is hidden up to 200-300m from the goal, he knows how to finish quickly. He loves it. As long as it doesn't resist him when he goes on the attack.”