“I collapsed”: a shock wave in the lynx world after the death of champion Galius

Galius will not be this Sunday afternoon at the start of the Prix de Bretagne, the first qualifying event for the Prix d’Amérique, the pinnacle of the harnessed trot scheduled for January 29th. “He was taken to the vet on Saturday afternoon due to food poisoning and his condition unfortunately worsened. I’m swooning,” says Cyril Raymbaugh, 48, companion of Severin Raymond, champion trainer and co-owner of the 6-year-old male, with a sob.

As soon as this sad news spread, the trotting world quickly expressed its emotions. Terrible for Pierre Belloch, trotter trainer and board member of LeTrot. Many racing enthusiasts and anonymous people have also paid tribute to this son. love youwhich last year became the new darling of the French lynx, making 46-year-old Séverine Raymond the first French woman to present a runner at the Prix d’Amérique this year and finishing second at this world championship.

Qualified 16 August 2018 Galius On May 30, 2019, at the Dozule Racecourse (Calvados), he started victoriously in the competition, and on September 4, 2021 he achieved eleven successes in a row and survived his first hour of glory by winning the Critérium des 5 Ans as a real champion. “Getting the first Group I with a horse that you have bred has always been, it’s brilliant … Apotheosis,” Severin Raymond was delighted.

Winner of sixteen victories and eight places in thirty-two races, which allowed him to win 769,100 euros in competitions, Galius was on the threshold of a great career. “He’s better than last year,” Cyril Rimbaud told us recently. And in conclusion: “We do this work to participate in big races. We are there with Galius thanks to whom we live a dream in reality. “But the one who declared himself one of the future contenders for victory at the Prix d’Amerique 2023 is no longer there …