Veteran trotter Zorro Photo (9m SJ’s Photo-Zorrasothe-Lindy’s Crown) took Sunday’s €105,600 purse Palio dei Comuni at Montegiorgio, Italy, over 1600 meters autostart.
There was three eliminations over the same distance for €8,800 each. G.P. Minnucci drove the winner in the final for Team Gocciadoro as trainer. Zorro Photo won the final timed in 1.12.1kr to defeat Radice del Nord (5f Ganymede-Greta’s Cage-Diamond Way) with third to Padania Zeta (6f Turbo Sund-Izzaz) that Alessando Gocciadoro drove.
The winner, registered in Sweden, was third in the Breeder’s Crown at age three and second in the Swedish Derby at age four.
Eliminations were won by Nuage en Ciel (8m Daguet Rapide-Pretty Perle-Extreme Dream) for Roberto Andreghetti timed in 1.10.7kr; Orsia (7f Angus Hall-Tigre OM-Zebu) timed in 1.12.4kr and Olono OK (7f Varenne-Erreuno OK-Supergill) clocked in 1.12.8kr. Zorro Photo was third in his elimination against Nuage en Ciel driven by trainer Gocciadoro.
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink