Jazzy Perrine 1’09” (Django Riff) did something special at the Elitloppet weekend in Solvalla, winning the 1,640-meter Group 2 Jabb-Delicious Lopp in a mile reduction of 1’09”, a fantastic time for a 4-year-old filly.
“I must have rewatched the film about twenty times, she does a crazy thing!”
A few days after his pupil’s achievement, Jean-François Mary still can’t believe it: ” I must have watched the film of the race twenty times! She’s doing something crazy! With the 6 behind the autostart, a two-man course, nose to the wind… All in all, 1’09”, over 1,640 metres, where Hohneck does 1’08”9, over 1,609 metres… It’s fantastic! She’s a filly with a lot of speed. She was ill last year, and she’s just getting back to feeling good this spring. ”
The success of renewal
Remember that Jazzy Perrine placed first or second in her first twelve races, at 2 and 3 years of age, winning four semi-classics, the Prix Gélinotte (Group 2), Roquépine (Group 2), Masina (Group 2) and Ozo (Group 2), and finishing second to Just A Gigolo in the Critérium des Jeunes-Prix Comte Pierre de Montesson (Group 1). After that, although she didn’t behave badly, she slowed down a little and even abstained from all competition for several months. In fact, she hadn’t crossed the finish line as a winner for a year. Its Scandinavian success is therefore, more than anything else, that of renewal.
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