Sol second as Gem sparkles

Gemix kept the French Champion Hurdle on home soil when taking the Grande Course de Haies d’Auteuil at the Paris track yesterday.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2013 - 01:00

The five-year-old made just about all the running over to beat off a strong challenge from Britain and Ireland.

The Nicolas Bertran de Balanda-trained entire pulled out all the stops for jockey David Cottin and the 8-1 shot swept to victory from the Charles Byrnes-trained Solwhit, the 5-4 favourite.

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