Philippe Allaire enjoyed quite a Friday evening as his owned and trained Dawana (3f Ready Cash-Sanawa) at 5.6/1 took the Gr. II Prix Ozo (purse €120,000, 2175 meters, 11 starters) with harness racing driver Gabriel Gelormini up.
Timed in 1.13.5kr the winner is now four for seven generating earnings of €136,550.
1/1 Don’t Explain (3f Prodigious-Quarmen du Gite) took second for Matthieu Abrivard, this one bred/owned/trainer by Allaire. 58/1 Deesse de Guerin (3f Melchior Jet-Olivia) took third for trainer/driver Franck Anne and fourth to the line was 79/1 Dalabama (3f Lets Get Along-Obama) for driver Alexandre Abrivard and owner/trainer L.Cl. Abrivard.
The programs’ Quinte+ Grand Prix Equipede France (purse €90,000, 2100 meters autostart, 15 European starters) was a dandy race and went to shoeless 12/1 odds Ave Avis (6m Kesaco Phedo-Magna Avis) for Matthieu Abrivard, trainer J-M Bazire and owner Mme. O. Roffi-Urano.
This winner scored for the 11th time in 45 starts for €605,180 earned.
Timed in a quick 1.10.5kr the winner bested 2/1 Viking Va Bene (6m Rite On Line-Iriana de Mont) for Franck Nivard, and trainer Fabrice Souloy. 3/1 Indigious (7m Prodigious-Indication) took third for Eric Raffin and also trainer Souloy. The next seven to the line were all timed in 1.11kr or better and that good group was, in finiosh order, Truman Dairpet, Very Nice Marceaux, Zorro Photo, Chapeau, Africaine, Trebol and Black d’Avril.
Thomas H. Hicks