There are victories that mark a life and even more when they are shared with the family… Bertrand and his older brother Tony Le Beller will long remember Sunday February 27, 2022, the date on which they each won their first Group I in France thanks at Diable de Vauvert during the Prix de Paris (4,150m) at Paris-Vincennes. Overwhelmed by emotion, trainer Bertrand Le Beller savored this “enormous moment. “Especially since we had ups and downs with Diable de Vauvert, and that’s the Holy Grail today,” he continues. I screamed so much on the straight that I’m likely to lose my voice tomorrow (laughs…). The tears are no longer flowing but I’m on cloud nine and I don’t think I’ll be coming down anytime soon. It was a goal and what could be more magical than living it with Tony. »
“Victory takes away the pain”
A brother whose emotion and joy could also be read on his face after turning his thumb in the heat a few minutes before this Group I. “Victory takes away the pain, he smiles. I’ve won three Group Is abroad and I’ve been waiting for a race like this in France for a while. My brother prepared this test beautifully. The horse was perfect. He had been unlucky in the Prix d’Amérique and is now setting the record straight. » The 9-year-old male even broke the event record in 1′13′’3 after a breathtaking end of the race which allowed him to take the advantage over Astonishing. “He had a dream course by being brought back close to the leading horses without forcing, concludes Bertrand Le Beller. He’s a brave little horse, he got down on his stomach to finish. »
