Monsieur Joe: A non-favourite winner of Prix Du Cercle
The French horseracing lovers witnessed an astonishing incident at Deauville racecourse when the Robert Cowell trained bay gelding, Monsieur Joe, emphatically defeated the hot favourite rival, Gammarth, to lift the ace title of the Prix du Cercle (Listed
Race) (3yo+) (Turf) on August 3, 2012.
The five-year-old veteran horse ran alongside 11 worthy rivals on the 5-furlong track. Olivier Peslier rode him very well to grab the grand victory.
Now, the talented Irish runner is looking the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) in the prism of this victory. He seems to be preparing hard for the high-profile event that will go down at York track on August 24. So far, the
Class 1 contest has got 50 entries that include some big names.
Cowell wants his brilliant pupil to win the upcoming event at every cost; therefore, he is administering unique and useful training techniques on the horse in a bid to make him an invincible prospect.
Monsieur Joe possesses an impressive track record. He has 7 classic conquests on his 34-race career chart.
Unfortunately, the son of Choisir out of Pascali could not be able to perform well in the Royal Ascot event. He finished 11th against 21 rivals in the King's Stand Stakes (British Champions Series & Global Sprint Challenge) (Group 1). That race
was won by Little Bridge.
However, the Nicola And Eleanor Kent bred horse nicely finished 3rd against a dozen of contestants in the John Smith's City Walls Stakes (Listed Race) that took place at York on July 14.
Monsieur Joe’s total career earning is £260,815 that will be supplemented with the addition of the prize money of Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes.
At the moment, most of the bookmakers and the sport analysts believe that Monsieur Joe will be able to make a big impact in the coming contest. But, success will not come to his way easily as he has to prove his class against some big guns. The most import
thing he needs to do is to maintain his confidence level. The gelding’s fans are eagerly waiting for August 24 to watch their star sizzling at York.
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