June 22, 2017 – The 7/10 favorite Apple Road (7f Laetenter Diem-Nikita) overcame a 25 meter handicap to win the Prix PMU le Central A Nogent-Le-Roi (purse €28,000, 2800 meters distance handicap, 16 starters) at Chartres on Thursday. Cyril Raimbaud, the owner/trainer, was the pilot in this 1.16.2kr victory. The 25 penalized and 3.4/1 second choice Lets Dance DE (7m Oscar Schindler SL-Sirmone) was a fast finishing second for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop. 15/1 Aston du Pommereux (7g Nuage de Lait-Kubrune) landed third for driver Sylvain Dieudonne, trainer Sylvain Roger and breeder/owner Noel Lolic.
At Caen was the Prix d’Houlgate (purse €26,000, 2450 meters, 18 starters, a Pick5 event) and the 3.3/1 Coalinga City (5f Coktail Jet-Mauraora) scored, timed in 1.14.4kr. Franck Nivard was the winning driver. Frederic Senet was the winning trainer for the winning breeder/owner Michelle Stihl. 4.1/1 Celeste Dry (5f Goetmals Wood-l’Etoile Dry) was second for trainer Tony Le Beller and reinsman Yoann Lebourgeois. The 25 meter handicapped and 2.7/1 favorite Baila Sport (6f Jag de Bellouet-Koea Josselyn) was third for David Thomain.
Thomas H. Hicks