May 23, 2015 – The Jean-Yves Lucuyer bred Ustinof du Vivier (7g Look de Star-Melba du Vivier-Cedre du Vivier) earned an Elitloppet ticket today following yesterday’s game dead-heat victory at Vincennes in the Gr. III Prix du Crepuscule (€90,000 purse, 2100 meters autostart, 13 European starters) with Scarlet Turgot.

Mathieu Abrivard piloted Ustinof for trainer Sebastian Guarato and owner Stephane Szwarc. Yesterday’s score was career win 27 for €606,740 earned by this late bloomer. He’s the best of eight foals of the dam that also includes Tonio du Vivier, a US$133,000 winner by General du Pommeau.

The Elitloppet field now has three slots remaining to be named with to-date entrants as follows:

Timoko (FR)

Maven (USA)

On Track Piraten (SWE)

Wind Of The North (USA)

B.B.S.Sugarlight (NO)

Support Justice (NO)

Nahar (SWE) – a past winner of this classic

Voltigeur de Myrt (FR)

Magic Tonight (SWE)

Univers de Pan (FR)

Nuncio (SWE)

Ustinof du Vivier (FR)

Mosaique Face (SWE).

Thomas H. Hicks