Top trotting action at Vincennes Sunday

VINCENNES, France – A top-flight card was presented this day at Paris-Vincennes. Saturday’s Q+ was the Prix Treport (purse €85,000, 2700 meters, 14 European starters) and 3.2/1 Your Highness (7f Chocolatier-La Belle Lady) rallied to victory for Franck Nivard, trainer Fabrice Souloy and Racing Stable HB, the owner.

The 10.9/1 Truman Dairpet (9g Biesolo-Heloise Poterie) was second for trainer/driver Nicolas Ensch with third to 5.9/1 Valko Jenilat and driver Genny Delaune. Viking Blue, the favorite, and Black s’Avril were next across the line. The winner was timed in 1.12.2kr. Your Highness is a likely starters in the upcoming Olympiatravet.

One of the day’s top groupe contests was the Gr. II Prix Theophile Lallouet (monte, 2700 meters, eight starters) and the classy 3/2 odds Scarlet Turgot (10f Dahir de Prelong-Noelle de Massy) took another mounted victory with Alexandre Abrivard up. Y-A Briand trains this mare for owner Mm. Th. Hoste.

Scarlet Turgot now has earned over €1.2 million and has won 25% of her career starts. 1.2/1 favorite Nene’Degli Ulivi (9g Uconn Roc-Maureen Lobell-Speedy Somolli) was second for Matthieu Abrivard, and trainer Vincent Lacroix, with 9.2/1 Tornade du Digeon (9f Jag de Bellouet-Herlane du Terme) third for Eric Raffin and trainer J-M Bazire. The race winner was clocked in 1.12.9kr.

The Prix d’Aubusson (purse €55,000, 2100 meters autostart, 18 European entrants) went to the quick 1.10.6kr timed, 1.3/1 odds favorite, Call Me Keeper (6m Pine Chip-Eliza Keeper) with Franck Nivard aboard for Stall Zet and its trainer Daniel Reden. 167/1 Boys Going In (6g Going Kronos-Namura) was second for Alexandre Abrivard at the lines for Stall Invesbro AB and trainer Johan Untersteiner. 9/1 Akayama (5f Prodigious-Hirosaka) was third for David Thomain and trainer Alain Roussel.

Athos des Volos Wins Prix Grecia  

Matthieu Abrivard teamed 4.2/1 Athos des Volos (6m Lynx de Bellouet-Penelope des Volos) to victory in this evening’s Q+ event at Vincennes.

The Prix Gretia (purse €47,000, 2850 meters, 16 starters) went to the 1.12.9kr timed winner for trainer Philippe Soulat. 3.1/1 Aralo Montaval (6m Qualypso Jiel-Oralie Mintaval) was second for Eric Raffin and 14/1 Ah Quel Micha (6m Rocklyn-Oceane du Phara) was third for Jean-Philippe Dubois, Ecurie Victoria Dreams and trainer Philippe Moulin.

On the undercard the €36,000 purse Prix Deimos (monte, 2200 meters, 14 starters) was won by 1.13.8kr timed, 6.7/1 odds, Chanceliere Citrus (4f Goetmals Wood-Noblesse du Corta) with Alexandre Abrivard up for trainer L.Cl. Abrivard and successful owner Jean-Pierre Barjon. 4.2/1 Charmeuse Desbois (4f Ganymede-Idole) was second for Anthony Barrier, trainer Fabrice Souloy and Ecurie le Tremont. 22.1 Calina Madrik (4f Korean-Ketty d;Occagnes) landed third.

by Thomas H. Hicks for Harnesslink