Christmas double for Christian Bigeon

Christian Bigeon continued his harness racing success at Vincennes Winter Meet with a pair of victories on Christmas Day.

His Klass Haufor (3f Face Time Bourbon-Turquoise Haufor-Goetmals Wood) took the Prix de Belle Ile (purse 40,000€, 2700 meters, 14 three-year old starters) clocked in 1.15.0kr. Off at 5.2/1 the Bigeon bred/owned/trained/driven homebred recorded his second win in eight starts now for 36,830€ earned.  Kapella (3f Diego du Goelier) was second at 16/1 odds for Antoine Dabouis with 24/1 Ladix del Phedo (3f Saxo du Vandel) home third.

Jenko Haufor (4g Django Riff-Ukraine Haufor-Diamant Gede) also won easily in the Prix de Tarbes (purse 35,000€, 2700 meters, 12 four-year old starters) for owner/breeder/trainer/driver Christian Bigeon. This was Jenko’s fifth career victory in 10 starts for life earnings of 53,950€. Race time was 1.14.0kr for the 1.1/1 odds favorite. Jasmin du Nord (4g Alto de Viette) was a distant second at 13/1 odds for Gabriele Gelormini with 19/1 Jasmin d’Ave (4g Prodigious) third for Franck Nivard.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink