Northern Regional Federation Structures Eight-Race Card at La Capelle for September 2 Even

Regional Federation of the North Oversees Race Program at La Capelle on September 2 Kevin Baudon of Equidia published his expert analysis on September 1, 2026, one day before the Regional Federation of the North directed a full eight-race program at La Capelle. That institutional role, organizing authority over a Wednesday afternoon card, shaped everything downstream: the competitive structure, the media coverage, and the formal scoring apparatus through which expert selections were tracked and ranked. The centerpiece of the day was the Grand Prix of the Regional Federation of the North, scheduled for 3:05 p.m. under race identifier R1C3. Ten expert teams submitted selections for the race, and horse number 304, Idao de Tillard, accumulated 100 points across Equidia's internal notation system, the highest total of any horse on the card. The anticipated matchup between Idao de Tillard and Inexess Bleu gave the race its central competitive narrative. The scoring framework governing those expert selections operates under a recently modified set of rules. One point is awarded when a team's primary selection wins. Two points are awarded if the primary selection wins and the secondary selection finishes second. One point is awarded if the finishing order reverses between the two primary selections. A further provision grants one point if the primary selection does not start but the secondary selection wins. Team rankings are updated after each racing day, with the most recent adjustment applied following the September 1, 2026 program. A daily "winning selection" mechanism sits on top of that foundation. Each team designates one horse from its picks. If that horse wins, supplementary points are calculated using official PMU Simple Winner and Simple Place odds. If the horse places without winning, only the Simple Place odds apply. The website pmu.fr serves as the authoritative reference for those odds figures. An "exploit" bonus completes the structure. When only a single team selects a winning horse or winning combination in a given race, that team's points for the race are doubled. The provision rewards analyses that diverge from consensus and introduces individual risk-taking into an otherwise collective system. It is the rule most likely to separate the standings over a long season. By contrast, two other horses drew nearly as much collective attention as Idao de Tillard. Horse number 505, Damisela, entered in race R1C5 for the Prix Francois Caille at 4:15 p.m., accumulated 85 points across the expert teams. Horse number 615, Maestro Vet, entered in race R1C6 for the Prix Groupe Lanie 02 at 4:50 p.m., matched that total exactly. Those three horses, Idao de Tillard, Damisela, and Maestro Vet, represented the day's dominant reference points in Baudon's published analysis. All eight races on the La Capelle card were covered by the ten expert teams, producing a structured institutional output: formalized selections, documented rules for point allocation, and defined bonus conditions applied uniformly across the program. The federation's programming decisions, in other words, generated a measurable competitive framework extending well beyond the track itself. What remains open after the La Capelle card is whether the exploit bonus was triggered at any point during the afternoon, and which expert team, if any, diverged sharply enough from consensus opinion to earn the doubled-points provision. That question will be answered only once the post-race rankings are published.