Idylle Express speeds in Rouerque Prix at Vincennes

Idylle Express (8f  Tiego d’Etang-Parmelie) took the Prix  du Rouerque  (quinte+, purse 75,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 16 European starters ages 7-11) at Paris-Vincennes in a sparkling 1.09.5kr (mile rate 1:51.826) with Mathieu Mottier up.

The 4.2/1 odds winner is trained by Pascal Lelievre for Herve Guerin. She has 13 career wins in 56 starts for  445,170€ earned.

Each of the top nine finishers were timed in  1.10.0kr or better. The  6.3/1 Hurricane Carter (9g Niky-Be Loved-Love You) was second for driver Yoann Lebourgeois and trainer/owner/breeder Severine Raimond.

Third was 12/1 Indus Val (8g Booster Winner) for driver P-Y Verva followed by 30/1 odds Indy Roc (8g Readly Express) handled by Alexis Collette and fifth finishing 15/1 In Red (8g Carat Williams) with Gabriele Gelormini up.

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Mentor de Play (4m Dahlia du Rib-Aube  d’Ortige) was a  game front end winner of the Prix du Vaucluse (Gr III,70,000€ purse, 2700 meters, 12 starters  four year old open) for his fifth straight victory with owner/trainer Franck Blandin aboard.

Off as the 1.7/1 odds favorite  Mentor de  Play advanced his career earnings to 185,560€. Race time was 1.11.4kr. The  winner that failed to win in his first 17 career starts then won four straight shoeless and today came back to  win with shoes back on. He was masterfully driven by Blandin who now sports 1,021 wins as driver and 1,550 training victories. Home second was 4.7/1 Mistral du Bois (4m Drole de Jet) with Eric Raffin up for trainer Pacal Lelievre. Molly Madrik (4f For You Madrik) took third at 9/1 odds for driver Alexandre Abrivard and conditioner J.M.  Baudouin. Must Atout (4m Face Time Bourbon) was fourth with Gabriele Gelormini up.

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The 4.7/1  odds Liberte de Choisel (5f Captain Sparrow-River Love-Love You- La Fee) averted breakers to  win  the Prix Albert Demarq (Gr II, purse 120,000€, 2850 meters, 12 five year old open starters) timed in 1.12.5kr with Anthony Barrier aboard.

The Sylvain G. Dupont trainee is owned by J.G. Viol and now has 11 career victories in 17 starts for 447,210€ earned. This  winner is another Jean Pierre Dubois maternal family. The 7.2/1  L’As Desbois (5m Booster Winner) was second for driver Matthieu Abrivard and the team  of William Bigeon and  owner  Joel Seche. Learn To Fly (5m Uriel Speed) was third at 50/1 odds for Eric Raffin  and trainer Frederic Senet  with owner/breeder Michele Stihl. The 24/1 Laluna  des Forges (5f Village Mystic) was fourth and 109/1 Lizzano d’Alouette  took fifth. The  9/10 favorite Lancier du Goutier was a miscue dq as was 5.2/1 Lombok Jiel.

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The even-money favorite Jolie Star (7f  Love You-Tentation de Star) took the Prix  de Combree (68,000€  purse, 2700 meters, 13 starters ages 6-11) clocked in 1.12.4kr with Mathieu Mottier the driver/trainer for  owner  Julien Dubois.

This Ecurie D bred performer now sports 10 career wins in 61 appearances for 294,890€. Khal’s Fella (6m Ready Cash-Anastasia Fella) was a length back  second at 4.2/1odds driven by Sebastien Ernault for Ecurie  Iena and the Souloy training stable. Indien de  Fontaine (8g Akim  de Cap Vert)  was  third at 17/1 odds  driven by Eric Raffin.

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Monte  enthusiasts were treated to a good one  when 5/10 odds favorite Jacaranda (7g Goetmals Wood-Tours) took the Prix Roger Ledoyen (monte Gr III, 90,000€ purse, 2850 meters distance handicap, 14 European starters ages 7-11) clocked in 1.12.8kr for  his 12th career triumph.

 

Benjamin Rochard was in the irons for Ecurie du Beryl and trainer Thomas Levesque. The winner has now earned 304,850€. The 77/1 odds outsider and 25 meter handicapped Harmonista (9f Vulcain de Vandel) earned second for owner/breeder Ecurie des Charmes, trainer Franck Nivard and jockey Mehdi Lelievre. Third home was 7.9/1 Kapaula  de Lepine (6f Discours Joyeux) with Adrien Lamy up that overcame a 25 meter penalty for owner/trainer J.G. Van Eeckhaute. Its My Dream (8m Royal Dream) was home fourth at 7.8/1 ridden by Alexandre Abrivard. Kaya Drean and Kyt Kat were fifth and sixth.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink