The 2023 season of the Camargue races in Beaucaire will begin on Sunday March 26 with the first day of the Muguet d’or.
Gathered at the municipal casino last Thursday, a well-stocked assembly filled with worthy representatives of the bouvine attended the presentation of the 2023 season of Camargue races in Beaucaire. It was the mayor, Julien Sanchez, who first spoke: “If the Camargue race is not as threatened as Spanish bullfighting, some have still tried to attack it.”
A column published in January in The world, proposing to “cull cattle” and end “to certain archaic practices“, had provoked the anger of the defenders of the Camargue races, among others. An anger that they expressed in the street, on February 11, in Montpellier. the watchwords of his speech, a snub addressed “to certain elected officials who know nothing about it“.
There were a lot of people last Thursday at the municipal casino in Beaucaire. • Photo: S.Ma
And Daniel Siméon, in charge of the organization of these Camargue races, to drive the point home a little more: “Being a herdsman is a permanent, daily struggle that concerns animal welfare, financial management and the ecological balance of the sector. Manadier is not just a profession, it’s a passion.”
The context is difficult, but smiles were not lacking all the same during the presentation of the new season in the arenas of Beaucaire, so special according to the raseteur Vincent Félix who took time to adapt to the length of Track. The perseverance ended up paying since he finished winner of the Palme d’or 2022.
A season which will begin on Sunday March 26 with the first day of the Golden Muguet, and will be placed under the sign “renewal“, according to the city provider.”Because there are new bulls and stars. All the best raseteurs of the moment will be aligned in these arenas and I think it is of paramount importance, especially on a trophy like the Palme d’Or.“Among these raseteurs, Vincent Félix therefore, Youssef Zekraaoui, who won the Muguet d’or the same yearbut also and among others Joachim Cadenas, who will make his big comeback on the occasion of this Palme d’or 2023.
The raseteurs Vincent Félix, Lucas Lopez and François Martin (on the right), took part in the ceremony to present the 2023 season of the Camargue races in Beaucaire. • Photo: S.Ma
On the cockade side, “a balanced program is proposed. That is to say, we start all the races with somewhat beefy, serious bulls who can go the distance and compete. I am thinking of Migrateur (manade du Rhône, awarded last year with the Marius Gardiol trophy), Jaquet and Antonio from the Fanfonne Guillierme manade for the first day, Sunday July 16“, explains Daniel Siméon. It will end in a spectacular way with the cocardier Lou Stoge of the Didelot-Langlade manade, for example. The second day and the final will take place on July 23 and 31.
2023 season of Camargue races in Beaucaire, the calendar
Le Muguet d’or: first day on March 26 at 3:30 p.m., second day on May 7 at 4 p.m., the final on May 21 at 4 p.m. The Palme d’Or: the first day on July 16 at 5 p.m., the second day on July 23 at 5 p.m. and the final on July 31 at 5 p.m. The Silver Palm: July 27 at 5 p.m. The Marius Gardiol Trophy on September 3 at 5 p.m.
Stephanie Marin
