Paris, France – “Where's Charlie?” The reaction of Francis Graffard, who is looking for Charlie Fellowes to afford his own happiness when he was awarded the Poule d'sesai des Pouleiche, spoke volumes. Not only for the decency of the winner trainer, but also for extreme awkwardness, which surrounds the continued examination and the ultimate result of the stewards. Winning a man, another pain.
In the case of the downgraded shes, it was not just the pain of a man. Manager Basher Watts had joined almost 60 syndicate owners on the pilgrimage to Longchamp to pursue classic fame. When they saw their free stut foals being beaten and fell on the line with their noses to be over at the post of the Merest of the edges first, they filled the winner's enclosure with whoops and Hollern, hugs and tears.
Her screams of 'Shoey' added even more sharpness to the ultimate history of sporting redemption: Classic fame for Kieran Shoemark After a balmy week in which Jockeys' chopping order was pressed down in Clarehaven.
Regardless of how the result of the 2,000 Guinen of the past weekend, it cannot deny that Shoemark drove at the head of his game this season. An owner or trainer who is looking for the “best available” could have wandered through his performance in any of the Longchamp classic. From a desperate draw, Luther made his chances to take fourth for Fellowes in the Poule d'Sesai des Poulain, while she was perfectly beaten in the straight through her own lightly stubborn way. And it was low. The rules, which are often used more violently in France than in other jurisdiction, must be observed, no matter how damaged those who are closest to the campaign.
When Zarigana was announced as a winner, there were booze in some quarters around the paraderation. The tears of stunned joy shed from Fellowes when he tried to take up the extraordinary performance of his stuffy foal to deliver what his first classic winner seemed to be, just a few moments later on his cheeks. Watts led his followers in a round of applause for the team from the AGA Khan Studs when they left the sacred arena, crestates.
“This is the horse race,” said the admirable equivalent shoe, and changed on the way out of the cradle room after they have called the officials in the officials a polite “Merci”. He could have passed and refused to speak in this darkest hours, but instead the courtesy continued.
“I am disappointed for the connections, but we have a wonderful foal that has achieved another powerful performance. I'm sorry for the connections that it didn't happen today. Unfortunately, I think that the part of my” It comes in three “and we will come by today and I am sure that we will see it at Ascot.”
He added to his week in an undesirable headlight: “I had an incredible amount of support in the last five or six days – even only from the foal, and my phone was red.
“I'm a large boy, I have large shoulders and we will continue.”
Emotions enveloped both sides of this equation. Those who are involved with Zarigana have clearly not enjoyed throwing the low moment of visitors in the sun.
“Nobody wants to win such a race,” said Grathard, who is currently dominating the French scene with a hit rate of 30 percent. Many of these winners came in the green and red painting of the AGA Khan stollen.
This should have been a delightful result for Princess Zahra Aga Khan and her faithful team – one that not only reflected the immense contribution of her recently deceased father to race and breed, but also that of her great -grandfather.
Zarigana's crowning glory echoes back over a century and more, far beyond her renowned and beloved grandfather Zarkava, whose first classic triumph emulated her here. This was a victory of eleven generations in production, right through the second handful of centuries -age purchases from HH Aga Khan III in 1922, which included the extremely influential Mumtaz Mahal.
For this extraordinary dedication to the development of thoroughbred families, nobody was able to deny the AGA Khan Studs a further great success here – a seventh place in the pouf d'l essai of the Poule since 1984. It is to be recognized that graffard, princess Zahra and her family have not made a ceremony because they were kept their trophies.
At the other end of the broad spectrum of the racehorse, the many participants were with Shes Perfect. You undoubtedly have a great foal, and it can only be hoped that the collective dismay that you must have felt when leaving Longchamp can soon focus on what could be ahead of us.
Shoemark also has to find its strength in adversity. He seems to be good on the way.
