May 14, 2019 – Calaska de Guez (7f Pomerol de Laumac-Miss de Guez) took Tuesday’s Quinte+ that was the Prix de Saint Pourcain sur Sroule (purse 31,000€, 2950 meters distance handicap, 18 European starters) held at Vichy.
This Jean Michel Bazire harness racing trainee was teamed with Nicolas Bazire (his first Q+ race victory) for the 1.14kr victory as they overcame a 25 meter handicap.
Ecurie Vautors owns the winner that now has 16 career wins in 40 starts for 259,850€ earned.
Calaska was off at 4.3/1 odds and she defeated 27/1 Clea Miquellerie (7f Nil du Rib) with Serge Peltier up and 11/1 Verika Dairpet (10f Ludo de Castelle) with Jean Bollereau aboard.
28/1 Botticino and 114/1 Bel Canto Joyeux completed the top five and set up a 289,793.00€ payoff for two holders of the Q+ exact order 2€ tickets.
The Q+ pool this day was 3,024,091€ and the total handle on this race exceeded 6.6€ million.
At Paris-Vincennes their Prix Lamberta (purse 45,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 13 starters) saw 3.1/1 Deesse de l’Oison (6f Kiwi-Punaise) score timed in a quick 1.11.1kr with Mathieu Mottier aboard for trainer Pascal Castel.
Deesse de l’Oison —LeTrot photo
Thomas H. Hicks