Sanger MS (6g Victory Scream-Samba MS-Armbro Goal) continued his winning ways Saturday at Kincsem Park in the harness racing featured Gral-Lovag DIJ (purse 600,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart). Laszlo Koszegi-Kovacs teamed the Imre Fazekas trainee to a 1.16.k8kr victory, his third in eight 2016 appearances to go along with four placings. The winner now has 13 career wins in 26 starts.
Henrik Ibsen AT (4m Worship-Her Own Child-Imposant Sund) was second for driver Dora Kovacs and trainer Tibor Hajnal. Third went to the consistent Oldtimer Diamant (6g Arc de Triomphe-Primadonnas Lindy-Titan Way) for driver Emese Vezer and trainer Emil Csordas.
Three and four year-old females battled in the Utelvanyozo DIJ, an 1800 meter autostart test for a 600,000Huf purse. Tengelic (4f Incredible Cole-Malhana Serey-Malhana Sascha) recorded the 1.19.7kr win for amateur driver Sandor Hegedus and trainer Istvan Torok. Uzsorasno (3f Maximus Lindy-Hitelezo-Witsends Speedy) was home second with trainer Balazs Juhasz driving. Undercover (3f What A Man-Gesa-Rendfonok) took third for Istvan Papp and trainer Jozsef Rutkai.
Older trotters competed earlier in the Nemecsek Handicap (1800 meters, 360,000Huf purse) with victory to the 1.18.6kr timed Orinoco (8f PS Dimo-Uxor-Witsends Speedy). The Zoltan Horvath trainee had Zjoh Weber as the pilot. Second was Offenbach Bigi (8m Andover Hall-Pinebank-Pine Chip) for the Emese Vezer/Emil Csordas team. Third home was Passion Grif (7g Varenne-Sex Appeal OK-Lanson) with trainer Sandor Varga at the lines
Thomas H. Hicks