” I think that We are Express was the best horse in the race, said trainer Timo Nurmos after the third.
We Express was the defending champion in the 98th edition of the travklassikern Prix d’amerique. It looked set to become the second straight victory when Björn Goop stepped on the accelerator in the last curve. Svenskekipaget had travat on the outside of the leader the greater part of the race and got a little head start.
and Belina Josselyn, who had hitched a ride in the back of the andraspår, took up the chase. They took into metres for meters and managed to pass We Express just before the goal. Jean-Michel Bazire train both the horses and drove himself the winner. ”The king of Vincennes” trains also run four, Davidson du Pont.
” We got the hardest course of all, and it still could have been victory. I’m very happy with the horse’s performance, he was fantastic and the location can’t affect it afterwards, said Nurmos if the drama where it needed målfoto.
Bazire dominated thus the race but it was Björn Goop that decided the pace outside of the leader. Between 1,500 and 500 meters left of the race was the pace down in 1.14,3. Thus it was the horses back in the field without a chance to pick up something. Including Propulsion, which dropped at the start but that was immensely to fifth place.
Propulsion is a bit difficult to turn up with and he is not so fast, the first steps, therefore, we lost a few positions from the beginning and ended up back there. And when it did not go faster than a little over 1.14 in a kilometre in the middle of the race so we got too far ahead. But the horse finished well and the shape is on top. A pity that there was not a better placement, I guess that this was the last attempt for Porpulsion to win the Prix d’amerique, said Örjan Kihlström.
5-3-4 in the race. Possibly betting on the Elitloppet later in the year.
We Express, the more chances to win ”d’Amerique”.
– If the horse is just fresh so we run the enough on towards the Prix d’amerique next winter. The horse is still young (seven years) and has only done just over 30 starts. How it will be with the Prix de France in 14 days, I have not thought about anything at all on, ” said Timo Nurmos.
the Race was delayed a couple of minutes of the so-called ”Yellow vests”. The first was thrown a bengal into the home stretch, which was followed by a 20 people jumped over the fence. However, they were taken care of quite quickly by the guards and the race could start.
