Saturday, 27th August 2016 saw Au-Dela Des Pistes’ inaugural Retrained Racehorse Day at Deauville-La Touques racecourse, promoting the retraining of retired racehorses for second careers
Controversy followed the exciting victory by Cirrus Des Aigles over So You Think in the UK Gr1 Champion Stakes when stewards announced winning jockey Christophe Soumillon had broken the new whip rules by using it 6 times.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
