‘Domi Go’ was awarded yesterday in a resounding way the Gran Critérium, the top test for two-year-old foals and fillies, held in La Zarzuela. Román Martín’s colt struck the table to vindicate himself and proclaim himself the best element of his generation. An inspired Ricardo Sousa he took it upon himself to show him the way to victory. The Portuguese rider added no less than four victories on the day, which allows him to reach the Czech Vaclav Janacek at the top of the jockeys statistic. ‘Reina Madre’, a race favorite for her second listed position in France, failed with a crash, missing the podium.
The puncture of the favorite does not detract from the winner, who would have been very difficult to beat under any circumstances. Unbeaten in his two appearances in San Sebastian and winner of the International Criterium, ‘Domi Go’ yesterday raised his performance even more. The lot he faced was demanding and getting rid of it with such sufficiency can only be within the reach of a very good horse. The Martul stable can have a grand prix horse in its boxes.
More difficult explanation has the defeat of ‘Queen Mother’. Yesterday was his third race in a month and it showed.
At the moment, the crack title yesterday went to ‘Domi Go’ and to his jockey Sousa, who he also won with the newcomer ‘Puente Arce’ and Enrique León’s old warriors ‘Federico’ and ‘Noray’. The list of winners was completed by ‘Baciver’.
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