Prix de la Ville de Mauquenchy to Doum Jenilou

Anthony Barrier teamed 1.6/1 favorite Doum Jenilou to victory in today’s Prix de la Ville de Mauquenchy on the evening Paris-Vincennes card,

This event for three year-olds went for a €37,000 purse and was contested over 2850 meters by eleven starters. The winner is a three year-old gelded son of Rancho Gede from Praise Jenilou and he was tined in a pedestrian 1.18.4kr. Julian Dubois teamed 3/1 Delicious Charm (3m Prodigious-Royale Flower) home second for Ecurie Victoria Dreams and trainer Philippe Moulin.

The dam is a Coktail Jet-Island Flower daughter that has produced six winners in as many foals, four with earnings of over US$100,000. 12/1 Dinky Bey Visais (3m Pad d’Urzy-Pinky Girl) landed the third spot.

Tallien takes Grand Prix de la Ville d'Ecouflant at Angers

Today’s Gr. II Intetrnational Grand Prix de la Ville d’Ecouflant (“Angers-Loire Metropole”) at Hippodrome Angers  went to 3.2/1 Tallien (9g Extreme Aunou-Gyka de la Chaise-Oregon) for owner/trainer/driver Herve Soinneau.

The €60,000 purse event was a distance handicap affair over 3100 meters for 6-10 year-olds with top career earners starting 25 and 50 meters behind the others. The winner  (now with 18 career wins and €294,550 earnings) was clocked in 1.15.33kr as he held off 25 meter penalized, 5.2/1 odds,

Ugo de Nieul (9m Cygnus d’Odyssee-Hermonie de Nieul) handled by trainer Romain Derieux and 50 meter handicapped, 23/1 Tiego d’Etang (9m Chaillot-Harolene) with Charles Bigeon up for trainer Christian Bigeon. 58/1 Skywalker and Michel Bezier landed fourth ahead of 35 meter handicapped Africaine and driver Pierre Vercruysse. Ave Avis and Upman completed the first seven to the line. This race was the Quinte+ of the day with a jackpot of €4.35 million.

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink