Boldena takes the Prix de Fumel at Enghien

Boldena (5f Qwerty-Jessie Jet) took today’s Prix de Fumel (monte, purse €52,000, 2875 meters, 12 entrants) at Enghien, France with Cedric Terry up.

Timed in 1.15.6lr the winner was off at 24/1 and defeated 7/1 Bjou (6g Ludo de Castelle-Noce Petteviniere) with Adrian Lamy in the irons. 23/1 V=Buesno del Campo was third for Clement Frecelle.

On Wednesday the Q+ was at Pontchateau for their Prix de la Ville de Pontchateau (purse €40,000, 2800 meters, 18 starters) with the 1.13.9kr clocked victory earned by 9/1 Uvinto (8g Invar-Nivanita) for owner/trainer/driver Christian Boisnard. 5/1 Ulula Bella (8f Jam Pridem-Nathalia Bella) rallied for second with Anthony Barrier at the lines for trainer/owner Jean-Paul Marmionj. 2.7/1Anoa (6g Coktail Jet-Nuit de Reve) closed for third with Eric Raffin teaming.

Uvinto

Cl.		N°	Chevaux	Drivers		Propriétaires	Entraîneurs
1er		12	Uvinito	C. Boisnard		Ecurie Christian Boisnard	C. Boisnard
2ème		10	Ulula Bella	A. Barrier		Ecurie Jean-Paul Marmion	J.-P. Marmion
3ème		4	Anoa	E. Raffin		Ecurie Serge Bernereau	A. Buisson
4ème		18	Urgos du Cèdre	O. Raffin		D. Antoine	J.-P. Lecourt
5ème		15	Uka Normande	F. Anne		Ecurie Franck Anne	F. Anne

At Son Pardo (Spain) the 9/1 odds Union Blai (8m SJ’s Photo-Deninet Star) won the Premi Son Pardo (purse €6,000, 1650 meters autostart, 13 starters) clocked in 1.14.6kr.

Solid trotting action occurs this weekend in France. Two groupe events occur Friday, each for €120,000 purses, for the four year-old  females and males. On Saturday at Enghien is the Q+ Prix de l’Atlantique for €200,000 over 2150 meters autostart, with 15 International starters. The good field includes four winners of over €1 million, as listed below:

Tiego d’Etang, Christian J. Bigeon, €1,690,080

Billie de Montfort,  David Thomain, 1.156.475

Kadett CD, Dominik Locqueneux, 843,638

Bird Parker, J-Ph Monclin, 853,530

Sierra Leone, J-Cl. Hallais, 741,250

Univers de Pan, Philippe Daugeard, 1,469,390

Aladin d’Ecajeul, Eric Raffin, 955.740

Un Mex d’Heripre, J-M Bazire, 1,094,480

Luckycharm Hanover, Pierre Vercruysse, 387,009

Lionel, Franck Nivard, 711,716

Traders, Gabriel Gelormini, 166,660

Vincennes, Yann Lorin, 676,431

Black d’Avril, Frederic Prat, 473,570

Africaine, Franck Ouvrie, 596,020

Increased Workload, Matthieu Abrivard, 330,159

by Thomas H Hicks, for Harnesslink