Bonaparte Boss captures Dr. Jozsef Vecsekloy Memorial

Veteran  Bonaparte  Boss  (9g Napoleon-Nikita-Crown Sweep) captured the Kincsem Park featured  Dr. Zozsef Vecsekloy Memorial (purse 3,000,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, five aged starters) in a sharp 1.13.1kr, a stakes record.

This was the 22nd career win in 65 starts for this Veljko Mazsity trained and reined former winner of this event, in 2023 and 2024, He was second last year to Enjoy (6m Maharajah-Journey Boko-Zola Boko) that was second this day for driver Istvan Papp and trainer Jozsef Rutkai.

Both horses were co-favorites at 1.9/1 odds. Anybody (10f Offsenbach Bifi-Magna Charta-Baltic Bet) was third for Emese Vezer at 17.1/1 odds driving the Emil Csordas trainee.

The co-feature was the Nemzeti DIJ (3,000,000Huf purse, 1960 meters distance handicap voltstart, nine starters ages three and four) where 2.9/1 odds Hidalgo TIM (3g Il Duce Boko-Victoria TIM-Increduble Cole) with trainer Imre Fazekas up for owners Baggio & Zolya.

Race time was 1.16.6kr off the  1.16.1kr stakes record of Eternity Bar. The winner recorded his third career victory in five starts for 21,980,000Huf earned. The 9/1 odds Hermes History (3g Who’s Who-Digital History-Super Photo Kosmos) took second for trainer/driver Juhasz Balazs followed by 29.9/1 odds Have A Dream (3m Unno del Duomo-Urania RG-Racino)with trainer Andor Angyal aboard.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink