Gocciadoro sweeps GP Anact splits at Napoli

Anact stakes qualifiers were on stage this day at Napoli. The first test for males was the Batteria Grand Premio Anact (20,900€ purse, 1600 meters autostart,10 male starters) where 2.2/1odds favorite Lemmy (2m Just A Gigolo-Gilly LB-Supergill) scored in 1.15.1kr for trainer/driver Alessandro Gocciadoro and owner/breder Philippe Allaire.

He won for the third time in his brief career and is a half-brother to Palomar LB (Varenne, 267,815€), Callmethebreeze (Trixton, 787,550€) and Ginostabliggi (MuscleHill, 632,798€).

The 33.8/1 Lets Go Gio (2m Tony Gio-Chanel ML-EL Titan) was a closing second for driver Luigi Cuozzo, followed by third finishing 8.9/1 odds Leopold Ferm (2m Nad Al Sheba-Villepelee-Love You) with Antonio Di Nardo at the lines.

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Lisippa Degli Dei (2f International Moni-Zoe Degli Dei-Mago d’Amore) at 4.8/1 odds took the Batteria Grand Premio Anact (20,900€ purse,1600 meters autostart,eight starters) clocked in 1.13.8kr with Alessandro Gocciadoro the driver/trainer.

third career victory. Home second was 1.4/1 odds favorite Lolly Grif (2f Nad Al Sheba-Union Effe-Naglo) with Antonio Di Nardo driving, followed by 12.1/1 Lucy Vimar (2fMaharajah-Zambia OP-Ideale Luis) handled by Filippo Gallo.

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In other news, the great Italian veteran Always EK (10mFilippRoc-Nike EK-Varenne) closed out his racing career by winning Sunday the 127th Graf Kalman Hunyady-Gedenkremmen at Austria’s Krieau racecourse.

He was clocked in 1.13.9kr with trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro driving, Bred by Edy Graziano, this champion retires with 34 wins in 1,169,455€ earnedplus a 1.08.6kr speed mark. His dam Nike EK is one of Italy’s top broodmares with four of her offspring earning over 438,000€.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink