This Saturday an interesting group one race is scheduled. And by interesting I mean the biggest group 1 race at Enghien, the Grand Prix d l’Atlantique. With starters as the already confirmed Elitloppet starter Dijon, Bold Eagle and Uza Josselyn. Uza Josselyn will also try to get an invite to the famous Elitloppet in the upcoming month. For Bold Eagle this race might be all or nothing in a very literal way.

The eyecather of the day is the Ready-Cash son Face Time Bourbon, the recent winner of the Prix de Selection (beating Davidson du Pont who gave 25 meters) in a spectacular time of 1’10’8. It’s speculated he might be the next Bold Eagle. To me, he reminds me more of Readly Express: calm, a stretched trot, mind for the game and can handle various situations in a race. To me these are very important characteristics to become the next ‘Bold’ or ‘Readly’. BUT in a lot of cases we see the driver is from high importance and with multiple horses we’ve seen they’re their absolute best when accompanied with Björn Goop, the best example to give here is ofcourse Timoko but also Readly Express is an excellent team with the Swedish drivee.