Q+ at Vincennes and Groupe Events

Wednesday’s Quinte+ was the Prix de Chateaurenard (purse €75,000, 2700 meters, 17 European starters) at Paris-Vincennes.  Glenny Delaune piloted the Sebastien Guarato trained Valko Jenilat (7m Kepler-Perle du Roc) to the 1.15.1kr victory. Ecurie Reffre owns the 5.9/1 odds winner. 56/1 Pingus Vang (9g SJ’s Photo-New Wonder) was a fast closing second for Yann Lorin, driving for Fabrice Souloy, with third to 9/1 Berry’s Boy (8g Love You-Realy Furniture) and driver Eric Raffin. Guarato also trains this one that Holland’s R.F. Nooteboom owns. Osiride Grif (8m Varenne-Sex Appeak OK) landed fourth at 38/1 for Pierre Levesque with 50/1 Rooibos (7m Rotation-Miss Tessami) fifth for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop. Favorite Venose de Minel was sixth and Tellmenolies received the seventh place check.

LES RÉSULTATS DU JOUR jeudi 18 février
Cl. N° Chevaux Drivers Propriétaires Entraîneurs 1er 15 Valko Jenilat G. Delaune Ecurie G.&F.Raffré S. Guarato 2ème 2 Pingus Vang DEN Y. Lorin C. Benkheira F. Souloy 3ème 9 Berry's Boy HOL E. Raffin R. Nooteboom S. Guarato 4ème 8 Osiride Grif ITY P. Levesque Winner Stable T. Levesque 5ème 4 Rooibos SWE B. Goop BS Stable AB B. Goop

 

The Gr. III Prix de Nevers (purse €110,000, 2850 meters, 11 starters) went to 2.7/1 Aubrion du Gers (6g Memphis du Rib-J’arrive du Gers) for owner/trainer/driver J-M Bazire. Timed in 1.13.9kr this winner narrowly scored over 33/1 Bahia Quesnot (5f Scipion du Goutier-Queen Ines) and Mathieu Abrivard with third to 9/1 Anzi des Liards (6g Look de Star-Nausicaa de Sud) with Romain Derieux up.

The Gr. II monte Prix Holly du Locton (purse €120,000, 2175 meters, 12 starters) went to 3/5 favorite Dokha Vedaquais (3f Prodigious-Sestriere) with Yoann Lebourgeois up for owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. Timed in 1.15.7kr the open-lengths winner defeated 22/1 Doris de Bailly (3f Scipion du Goutier-Ninon de Bailly) with Eric Raffin up for trainer Bruno Bourgoin, with third to 18/1 Donzelle Monigor (3f Ganymede Tivoili-Ravana Verderie) and jockey Martial Viel.

The Prix de Bois le Roi (purse €38,000, 2100 meters autostart, 16 four year-old mares) went to the 1.14.8kr timed, 2/1 odds Cybele  Merite (4f Coktail Jet-Onette du Vivier) for owner/trainer/driver Bjorn Goop. This four length winner defeated 5/1 Camera d’Or (4f Carpe Diem-Pink Panther) with Arnaud Desmottes aboard and third finishing 31/1 Calypso de Cara (4f Roc Meslois-Nikita de Cara) with Mathieu Abrivard reining for owner/trainer Laurent Simon.

7/1 Dreamer Delo (3m Ready Cash-Revere d’Ar) took the Gr. II monte Prix Edouard Marcillac (purse €120,000, 2175 meters, eight starters) timed in 1.14.8kr for Eric Raffin, trainer Sebastien Guarato and Scuderia Winner. Favorite Dhikti Vedaquais (3m Thorens Vedaquais-Marie Blanquet) was second for Yoann Lebourgeois and owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. Third went to 8/1 Drole de Gosse (3m Gazouillis-Peur Bleue) for Franck Nivard ad owner/trainer Pascal Barthelemy.

Thomas H. Hicks