Driver Yoann Lebourgeois teamed both Gr. III winners this day (Aug. 3) at Enghien-Soisy in France. In the Prix de Geneve (Gr. III European, purse 90,000€, 2875 meters, 13 four-year-old starters) the R.C. Larue trainee Knockonwood (4m Ready Cash-Don’t Explain-Prodigious) scored at 16/1 odds with Lebourgeois up for Ecurie de Windcut. in 1.12.1kr the winner scored […]
Two-year-olds contested the Enghien-Soisy Prix de la Porte de Choisy (purse 33,000€, 2250 meters volte start, nine two-year old starters) with victory to 5/10 favorite Monzon Normand (2m Hohneck-Cingala Nurmande-Singalo) with Yoann Lebourgeois aboard for owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. This colt is two for two for 20,025€ earned after this 1.17.2kr timed victory. Magnum du Choquel […]
Today’s (Feb. 25) Gr. I International Prix de Paris – Marathon Race (purse 400,000€, 4150 meters (2.57 miles), 16 International trotteurs ages 4-11) saw 5.2/1 odds Hussard de Landret (7m Bird Parker-Enakine du Bellay) rally in the final turn and jet away in the lane to score timed in 1.11.9kr (mile rate 1:55.68) over the […]
Chance EK (6f Nad Al Sheba-Ukase EK-Mago d’Amore) captured the Prix Dominik Cordeau (purse 71,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 14 European starters) timed in 1.11.1kr New Year’s Day at Vincennes, France with mostly a front-end winning journey driven by Yoann Lebourgeois for trainer Fausto Barelli and owner Edy Graziano Caprani. Chance EK, off at 17/1 odds, […]
The 2.4/1 odds second favorite Jean Balthazar (4m Alto de Viette-Dynamite des Voun) took the Prix Henri Balliere (Gr. II, monte, purse 120,000€, Etrier 4 Q2 four-year-olds) at Caen in France on Saturday, May 13, timed in 1.11.9kr. Yoann Lebourgeois handled the lines for trainer Pascal Castel and owner Sandrine Loncke as the winner recorded […]
An exceptional Journee des Champions card at Vincennes included five Gr. I contests, two of which went to Vivid Wise As in record time of 1.09.1kr over 2100 meters autostart and Happy And Lucky in the monte Prix de Normandie in 1.12.3kr over 3000 meters. The other Gr. I races are described below and were […]