A trip to Breteuil to celebrate Clara's second birthday in grand style (merci beaucoup Teresa!!) provided the opportunity to see MOONLIGHT's second foal (by Eclat de la Crau) for the first time in a year. Like ROSKO he's a big boy, even though just under 18 months old. He was in the cart for just the third time (great grandad Bernard in charge) and still being harnessed up with the help of the trailer used for the introductory sessions. Who knows what he will be... but his owner is proud of the first action photo (note all feet off ground!)
Of course we had to go racing... three hours to Laon near Reims, where Perle (like POLINA by Jasmine de Flore) ran a super race to finish second off 25m, driven perfectly by the promising David Marion Hue, father of the fore-mentioned Clara. David seems to be the only one to be able to get Perle to perform, so well done all round to him.
We really wanted PORTO to race at Laval on Tuesday to get him race-fit for the 20th, but he was eliminated, so expectations will need to be lowered. At Laval Prince Djo ran a very big race for third off 25m after very little work and has tremendous potential - if his head can be sorted.
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