Today’s Paris-Vincennes group level harness racing trotting action began with the Gr. II Prix Ceneri Forcinal (monte, 2175 meters voltstart, purse 85,000€, four year olds) and 2.5/1 odds Gospel Pat (4m Uriel Speed-Namorosa) scored timed in 1.11.8kr with David Thomain in the irons.
Philippe Allaire trains the now six time winner in 23 starts for owner Patrick Madar. Gospel Pat has now earned 283,450€ for his career.
The 3.7/1 Grazia (5f Severino) was second for jockey Alexandre Abrivard and owner/trainer L.Cl. Abrivard. 4.4/1 Gloria Berry (4f Quaker Jet-Tequila Berry) was third for J.Y. Ricart and owner/trainer Jean Michel Bazire. 1.3/1 favorite Gladys des Plaines (4f Opus Viervil) was fourth with Mathieu Mottier up for trainer Gilles Curen.
Gospel Pat
The Q+ race of the day was the Prix du Moulins la Marche (purse 56,000€, 2850 meters, 16 starters) with victory to 5.5/1 odds Dostoievski (7g Ganymede-Noor des Charmes) timed in 1.13kr and reined by Nicolas Bazire. Ecurie des Charmes owns this Jean Michel Bazire trainee that scored for the 10th time in 52 career starts now for 412,010€ earned.
The 29/1 Black Jack From (9g Scipion du Goutier) was second for owner/trainer/driver Guillaume Gillot. Third was 4.7/1 Diablo du Noyer (7m Jasmin de Flore) for Eric Raffin.
The top five was completed by 1.4/1 Dreambreaker (7g Offshore Dream) and 7.4/1 Alinea (10g Baccarat du Pont) and the exact order Q+ ticket paid 12,099.60€ to 117 winning tickets. The Q+ pool was 4,651,572€ and over 9,103,000€ was wagered on this race.
Dostoievski from the clouds
LeTrot, PMU files/photos
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink